Opened 7 years ago
Last modified 7 years ago
#11921 new Bugs
Bootstrap fails to run on windows 8.1 vc12 due to environment variable
| Reported by: | Owned by: | ||
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| Milestone: | To Be Determined | Component: | Building Boost |
| Version: | Boost 1.60.0 | Severity: | Problem |
| Keywords: | Cc: |
Description
I have noticed that on my system (win 8.1 vc12) I have an environment variable that causes bootstrap to fail due to the link subsystem set to windows by default, the environment variable is
LINK=/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS,5.01
error is
error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _WinMain@16 referenced in function _tmainCRTStartup
The problem can be resolved by explicitly setting the link subsystem via compiler "link" switch "-link -subsystem:console" , since this is a link switch it can only be added at the end of the compile command i.e cannot add it to compiler flags
I had to make this change to the build.bat and build.jam files by searching for the compiler commands and hardcoding this flag at the end of a compiler command. Since I don't know much about how to fix this in a more "non-hardcoded" way I thought I would log it so that the experts can fix it properly.
