Re: [Boost-users] boost with mingw

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] boost with mingw
From: Philipp Kraus (philipp.kraus_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-11-03 08:42:26

On 2012-11-02 19:11:53 +0100, Paul A. Bristow said:

>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden] 
>> [mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf
> Of
>> Kraus Philipp
>> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 1:54 PM
>> To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
>> Subject: [Boost-users] boost with mingw
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I try to build Boost with MinGW / MSYS. I have found in the dokumentation
>> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_51_0/more/getting_started/windows.html
>> that MinGW shell is not supported, but I can build bJam with 
>> booststrap.sh --toolset=mingw under
> the
>> shell, but I get the error: mingw.jam: No such file or directory
>> 
>> Can I build boost under MinGW shell or another shell with the MinGW gcc?
> 
> FWIW I built my mingw Boost library collection using a windows .bat containing
> 
> b2 -a --build-dir=i:/boost-trunk toolset=gcc-4.7.2 
> --build-type=complete --without-python
> --without-mpi --without-locale stage threading=multi > 
> build_gcc_dll_libs_trunk_all_%date%_%tim%.log
> 2>&1
> 
> getting the expected lots of files like  
> libboost_unit_test_framework-mgw47-mt-d-1_52.dll.a in my
> boost-trunk/stage/lib folder
> 
> and I can link to Boost.Test library from mingw32 using Ruben's  binaries
> 
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win32\Personal%20Builds/ru 
> 
> benvb/
> \i686-w64-mingw32-gcc-4.7.2-release-win32_rubenvb.7z
> 
> there are also others like 4.6 and clang - see
> 
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win32/Personal%20Builds/r 
> 
> ubenvb/
> 
> I added this tool chain on NetBeans.
> 
> My user_config.jam contains
> 
> # GCC configuration using the mingw32 version.
> using gcc
>   : 4.7.2
>   : "c:/mingw32/bin/g++.exe"
>   ;

Do you build b2 with bootstrap.sh? I build it with "bootstrap.sh 
--with-toolchain=mingw", but if I run the b2 command
I get this errors:

mingw.jam: No such file or directory
C:/Users/Administrator/Documents/boost_1_51_0/tools/build/v2/build\toolset.jam:39: 
in toolset.using rule mingw.init unknown in module toolset
C:/Users/Administrator/Documents/boost_1_51_0/tools/build/v2/build\project.jam:898: 
in using project-config.jam:12: in modules.load
C:/Users/Administrator/Documents/boost_1_51_0/tools/build/v2\build-system.jam:257: 
in load-config
C:/Users/Administrator/Documents/boost_1_51_0/tools/build/v2\build-system.jam:423: 
in load-configuration-files
C:/Users/Administrator/Documents/boost_1_51_0/tools/build/v2\build-system.jam:555: 
in load
C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\boost_1_51_0\tools\build\v2/kernel\modules.jam:283: 
in import
C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\boost_1_51_0\tools\build\v2/kernel/bootstrap.jam:142: 
in boost-build
C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\boost_1_51_0\boost-build.jam:17: in 
module scope

The b2 compiler is build without any problems and works, but I can't 
build the boost libs.
Should I setup any user-config for mingw?

Thanks

Phil