Re: [Boost-users] Problems compiling those libraries that are not header only on 64 bit Windows 7

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Problems compiling those libraries that are not header only on 64 bit Windows 7
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-01-27 11:44:55

On 1/27/2011 4:18 AM, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> Ted Byers wrote:
>
>> I tried asking this yesterday, but received a message saying I had to
>> subscribe to this list first.  I don't understand that reply as I had
>> already subscribed half an hour before I asked the question, and I have been
>> receiving email from the list ever since.
snipped...
>>
>> > From the C:\boost_1_45_0 directory, I tried the following to keep the builds
>> for the two versions separate (planning on changing the library directories
>> based on the build environment), but when both finished, both
>> C:\boost_1_45_0\lib\msvc2010\x64 and bjam
>> --build-dir=C:\boost_1_45_0\lib\msvc2010\x32 were empty and
>> C:\boost_1_45_0\stage\lib had 606 items.
>>
>>
>>
>> bjam --build-dir=C:\boost_1_45_0\lib\msvc2010\x32 --build-type=complete
>>
>> bjam --build-dir=C:\boost_1_45_0\lib\msvc2010\x64 --build-type=complete
>
> I am somewhat confused -- those two commands differ only in --build-dir option,
> therefore they will build boost using the same version of the same compiler.
> If you with to use different versions, specify toolset=msvc-10.0 and toolset=msvc-9.0
> during those invocations.

For VS2005 it is toolset=msvc-8.0