Re: [Boost-users] how to build boost using mingw on windows?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] how to build boost using mingw on windows?
From: Jim Bell (Jim_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-06-22 08:49:12

On 6/21/2011 7:09 PM, Ákos Maróy wrote:
> Jim,
>
>> It looks like you have a working bjam.exe. That's good.
>>
>> Use gcc instead of mingw as the toolset.
>
> it doesn't seem to work.
>
> if I try to compile bjam with the gcc toolset, it just won't:
>
> $ ./bootstrap.sh --with-toolset=gcc

I misread your symptoms. Sorry about that.

Building a native bjam under mingw, then using it, requires this:

cd BOOST_ROOT/tools/build/v2/engine/src
./build.sh mingw
cd BOOST_ROOT
tools/build/v2/engine/src/bin.ntx86/bjam.exe toolset=gcc

<https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/4884#comment:10>

Though I figured out how to do it, no one else really stands a chance.
I'll bring it up  on the developer's list: either
<http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_46_1/more/getting_started/windows.html#or-simplified-build-from-source>
needs to show it, or bootstrap needs to change.