Re: [Boost-users] Problem for compiling Boost 1.53

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Problem for compiling Boost 1.53
From: Michael Powell (mwpowellhtx_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-03-04 14:23:25

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Michael Powell <mwpowellhtx_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 11:05 AM,  <julien.plu_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Sorry for my late reply.
>>
>> Anyway I solved the problem in installing the official version of Python and
>> not the activestate version.
>
> I ended up having to pick up a python-dev or something like that for
> reasons unrelated to boost 1.53 per se. This will solve the problem
> though?
>
>> Thanks a lot for your help.
>
> No, thank you. That will help us too so we can use the latest release.

Got 'er to go. Instead of worrying about /opt/boost_x_yy_z, I just
placed a local ./stage/ prefix, and the build went. I did exclude wave
(for now), and python, but otherwise, the build itself seems to have
gone without a hitch.

>> Cheers.
>>
>> Julien.
>>
>> -----Message d'origine-----
>> De : Boost-users [mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] De la part de
>> Steven Watanabe
>> Envoyé : vendredi 1 mars 2013 23:54
>> À : boost-users_at_[hidden]
>> Objet : Re: [Boost-users] Problem for compiling Boost 1.53
>>
>> AMDG
>>
>> It looks like the problem is that you're using a native Windows python
>> installation with MinGW.
>> MinGW doesn't understand the import lib, so it tries to link to python2.7
>> .dll directly.
>> IIRC, This doesn't handle global variables correctly.
>> (Notice that all the undefined references are for variables, not functions.)
>> Please see:
>> http://www.mingw.org/wiki/MSVC_and_MinGW_DLLs
>>
>> In Christ,
>> Steven Watanabe
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