Re: [Boost-users] Trying out Build on Windows, have questions

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Trying out Build on Windows, have questions
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-08-05 09:25:07

AMDG

On 08/02/2013 05:46 PM, Daryle Walker wrote:
> When I tried ".\b2 toolset=clang", it failed miserably since it couldn't find any of the standard headers.  Now I've heard that Clang can build for Windows, but actually using it is broken (no matter how it's built).  Is there a way to adjust the clang entry in my "user-config.jam" so it gets all the stuff it needs from the GCC installation?
> 

You'll need <cxxflags>-I... and <linkflags>....  I have
no idea what the options actually needed are.  It's
not automated by Boost.Build.

> I got the sample regex program to build with GCC:
> 
> <snip>
> LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'libboost_regex-vc110-mt-s-1_55.lib
> '
> //=====
> 
> When I looked at the library-storage directory, there were no variants with "-s-".  Should I run "b2," which is now in my PATH, again to add the required variants?  What options do I need to add to the command line?
> 

s corresponds to runtime-link=static.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe