Re: [Boost-users] Do correct instructions for MinGW install exist?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Do correct instructions for MinGW install exist?
From: Kirk Joppy (kirk.joppy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-07-02 11:04:07

> Open a the new commandline window, and type "bootstrap.bat mingw" in the boost souce root dir to build the b2.exe and bjam.exe.

Yes adding "mingw" to the bootrap.bat invocation seems to be the trick.

To summarize explicitly the differences between what the docs say and
what works:

What the docs say to do:

add MinGW\bin to PATH (not actually in boost docs but reasonably
obvious from MinGW install instructions)
cd BOOST_ROOT\tools\build\v2
bootstrap.bat
b2 install --prefix=<some build dir>
add <some build dir>\bin to PATH
cd BOOST\ROOT
b2 --build-dir=<some build dir> toolset=gcc --build-type=complete stage

What works:

add MinGW\bin to PATH
cd BOOST_ROOT
bootstrap.bat mingw
b2 toolset=gcc --prefix=<some build dir>

There is obviously a lot of confusion here. Will someone fix the
documentation? Will someone explain why the docs say to do things in
the more convoluted way?

regards,
kjoppy