I downloaded boost_1_32_0.tar.bz2 and tried to build under Cgywin, here is the procedure:
 
1. Download latest Cygwin setup.exe (Version: 2.427)
2. Run setup.exe and download latest Cygwin distro from http://cygwin.get-software.com
3. Run setup.exe again to install the Cygwin
4. $ bjam -sTOOLS=gcc -sPYTHON_ROOT=/usr -sPYTHON_VERSION=2.4 --builddir=../boost_build install >& build.log
 
Build result:
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...found 11563 targets...
...updating 4329 targets...
..
..
...failed updating 16 targets...
...skipped 20 targets...
...updated 4293 targets...
 
 
FAILURES:
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...failed gcc-Archive-action ../boost_build/bin/boost/libs/serialization/build/libboost_wserialization.a/gcc/debug/libboost_wserialization-gcc-d-1_32.a...
...failed gcc-Archive-action ../boost_build/bin/boost/libs/serialization/build/libboost_wserialization.a/gcc/debug/threading-multi/libboost_wserialization-gcc-mt-d-1_32.a...
...failed gcc-Archive-action ../boost_build/bin/boost/libs/serialization/build/libboost_wserialization.a/gcc/release/libboost_wserialization-gcc-1_32.a...
...failed gcc-Archive-action ../boost_build/bin/boost/libs/serialization/build/libboost_wserialization.a/gcc/release/threading-multi/libboost_wserialization-gcc-mt-1_32.a...
...failed Chmod1 ../boost_build/bin/boost/libs/test/build/libboost_prg_exec_monitor.dll/gcc/debug/libboost_prg_exec_monitor-gcc-d-1_32.dll...
...failed Chmod1 ../boost_build/bin/boost/libs/test/build/libboost_prg_exec_monitor.dll/gcc/debug/threading-multi/libboost_prg_exec_monitor-gcc-mt-d-1_32.dll...
...failed Chmod1 ../boost_build/bin/boost/libs/test/build/libboost_prg_exec_monitor.dll/gcc/release/libboost_prg_exec_monitor-gcc-1_32.dll...
...failed Chmod1 ../boost_build/bin/boost/libs/test/build/libboost_prg_exec_monitor.dll/gcc/release/threading-multi/libboost_prg_exec_monitor-gcc-mt-1_32.dll...
...failed Chmod1 ../boost_build/bin/boost/libs/test/build/libboost_test_exec_monitor.dll/gcc/debug/libboost_test_exec_monitor-gcc-d-1_32.dll...
...failed Chmod1 ../boost_build/bin/boost/libs/test/build/libboost_test_exec_monitor.dll/gcc/debug/threading-multi/libboost_test_exec_monitor-gcc-mt-d-1_32.dll...
...failed Chmod1 ../boost_build/bin/boost/libs/test/build/libboost_test_exec_monitor.dll/gcc/release/libboost_test_exec_monitor-gcc-1_32.dll...
...failed Chmod1 ../boost_build/bin/boost/libs/test/build/libboost_test_exec_monitor.dll/gcc/release/threading-multi/libboost_test_exec_monitor-gcc-mt-1_32.dll...
...failed Chmod1 ../boost_build/bin/boost/libs/test/build/libboost_unit_test_framework.dll/gcc/debug/libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-d-1_32.dll...
...failed Chmod1 ../boost_build/bin/boost/libs/test/build/libboost_unit_test_framework.dll/gcc/debug/threading-multi/libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-mt-d-1_32.dll...
...failed Chmod1 ../boost_build/bin/boost/libs/test/build/libboost_unit_test_framework.dll/gcc/release/libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-1_32.dll...
...failed Chmod1 ../boost_build/bin/boost/libs/test/build/libboost_unit_test_framework.dll/gcc/release/threading-multi/libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-mt-1_32.dll...
...failed updating 16 targets...
 
SKIPPED:
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...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_wserialization-gcc-d-1_32.a for lack of <@boost!libs!serialization!build/libboost_wserialization.a/gcc/debug>libboost_wserialization-gcc-d-1_32.a...
...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_wserialization-gcc-mt-d-1_32.a for lack of <@boost!libs!serialization!build/libboost_wserialization.a/gcc/debug/threading-multi>libboost_wserialization-gcc-mt-d-1_32.a...
...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_wserialization-gcc-1_32.a for lack of <@boost!libs!serialization!build/libboost_wserialization.a/gcc/release>libboost_wserialization-gcc-1_32.a...
...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_wserialization-gcc-mt-1_32.a for lack of <@boost!libs!serialization!build/libboost_wserialization.a/gcc/release/threading-multi>libboost_wserialization-gcc-mt-1_32.a...
...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_prg_exec_monitor-gcc-d-1_32.dll for lack of <@boost!libs!test!build/libboost_prg_exec_monitor.dll/gcc/debug>libboost_prg_exec_monitor-gcc-d-1_32.dll...
...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_prg_exec_monitor-gcc-mt-d-1_32.dll for lack of <@boost!libs!test!build/libboost_prg_exec_monitor.dll/gcc/debug/threading-multi>libboost_prg_exec_monitor-gcc-mt-d-1_32.dll...
...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_prg_exec_monitor-gcc-1_32.dll for lack of <@boost!libs!test!build/libboost_prg_exec_monitor.dll/gcc/release>libboost_prg_exec_monitor-gcc-1_32.dll...
...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_prg_exec_monitor-gcc-mt-1_32.dll for lack of <@boost!libs!test!build/libboost_prg_exec_monitor.dll/gcc/release/threading-multi>libboost_prg_exec_monitor-gcc-mt-1_32.dll...
...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_test_exec_monitor-gcc-d-1_32.dll for lack of <@boost!libs!test!build/libboost_test_exec_monitor.dll/gcc/debug>libboost_test_exec_monitor-gcc-d-1_32.dll...
...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_test_exec_monitor-gcc-mt-d-1_32.dll for lack of <@boost!libs!test!build/libboost_test_exec_monitor.dll/gcc/debug/threading-multi>libboost_test_exec_monitor-gcc-mt-d-1_32.dll...
...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_test_exec_monitor-gcc-1_32.dll for lack of <@boost!libs!test!build/libboost_test_exec_monitor.dll/gcc/release>libboost_test_exec_monitor-gcc-1_32.dll...
...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_test_exec_monitor-gcc-mt-1_32.dll for lack of <@boost!libs!test!build/libboost_test_exec_monitor.dll/gcc/release/threading-multi>libboost_test_exec_monitor-gcc-mt-1_32.dll...
...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-d-1_32.dll for lack of <@boost!libs!test!build/libboost_unit_test_framework.dll/gcc/debug>libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-d-1_32.dll...
...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-mt-d-1_32.dll for lack of <@boost!libs!test!build/libboost_unit_test_framework.dll/gcc/debug/threading-multi>libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-mt-d-1_32.dll...
...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-1_32.dll for lack of <@boost!libs!test!build/libboost_unit_test_framework.dll/gcc/release>libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-1_32.dll...
...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-mt-1_32.dll for lack of <@boost!libs!test!build/libboost_unit_test_framework.dll/gcc/release/threading-multi>libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-mt-1_32.dll...
...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_wserialization-gcc-d.a for lack of <@boost!lib>libboost_wserialization-gcc-d-1_32.a...
...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_wserialization-gcc-mt-d.a for lack of <@boost!lib>libboost_wserialization-gcc-mt-d-1_32.a...
...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_wserialization-gcc.a for lack of <@boost!lib>libboost_wserialization-gcc-1_32.a...
...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_wserialization-gcc-mt.a for lack of <@boost!lib>libboost_wserialization-gcc-mt-1_32.a...
...skipped 20 targets...
 
 
Looks like the failures is not important, but I am just wondering what is the cause of these problems.
 
Welson Sun