Re: [Boost-users] Building boost on Windows

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Building boost on Windows
From: Jeffrey Lee Hellrung, Jr. (jeffrey.hellrung_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-01-30 12:57:10

On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 9:43 AM, John Lilley <john.lilley_at_[hidden]>wrote:

> I am trying to figure out which libraries to build on Windows.  I really
> only need "polygon" and "geometry".  But what libraries these dependent on
> that also need to be built?  I've tried to query which will be built and
> I'm not getting the expected results, for example:
>
> $ ./b2 --show-libraries --build-type=complete
> The following libraries require building:
>     - chrono
>     - context
>     - date_time
>     - exception
>     - filesystem
>     - graph
>     - graph_parallel
>     - iostreams
>     - locale
>     - math
>     - mpi
>     - program_options
>     - python
>     - random
>     - regex
>     - serialization
>     - signals
>     - system
>     - test
>     - thread
>     - timer
>     - wave
>
> Hmmmm... where is polygon and geometry?
>
> $ ./b2 --show-libraries --build-type=complete --with-geometry
> error: wrong library name 'geometry' in the --with-<library> option.
>
> Help please?
>

Probably both polygon and geometry are header-only...? Check the docs of
each respective library.

- Jeff