Boost C++ Libraries: Ticket #4884: boost 1.45.0 build error with vc++ express 2010

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Wed, 24 Nov 2010 09:49:34 GMT

keywords configure.jam argument error rule UPDATE_NOW added
component None → Building Boost

nop@… — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 16:01:36 GMT

A quick work around:

Remove the offending argument to UPDATE_NOW in tools\build\v2\build\configure.jam on line 145. That is: just remove ": ignore-minus-q" so the line becomes "$(.log-fd) : ignore-minus-n ]", and all works well.

viboes — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 14:16:43 GMT

Have you tried to rebuild bjam (the version for 1.45 is 3.1.19 (on root run ./bootstrap.sh)?

hellhound_01@… — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 08:20:06 GMT

Replying to viboes:

Have you tried to rebuild bjam (the version for 1.45 is 3.1.19 (on root run ./bootstrap.sh)?

If i try to run boostrap.sh (Using MinGW GCC 4.5.0) bootstraping fails with following failrure:

### ### Using 'gcc' toolset. ### rm -rf bootstrap mkdir bootstrap gcc -o bootstrap/jam0 command.c compile.c debug.c expand.c glob.c hash.c hdrmacro.c headers.c jam.c jambase.c jamgram.c lists.c make.c make1.c newstr.c option.c output.c parse.c pathunix.c pathvms.c regexp.c rules.c scan.c search.c subst.c timestamp.c variable.c modules.c strings.c filesys.c builtins.c pwd.c class.c native.c md5.c w32_getreg.c modules/set.c modules/path.c modules/regex.c modules/property-set.c modules/sequence.c modules/order.c execunix.c fileunix.c builtins.c:32:23: fatal error: sys/wait.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated. execunix.c:17:26: fatal error: sys/resource.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated. fileunix.c:97:17: fatal error: ar.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated.

viboes — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 07:17:33 GMT

You should use boostrap.bat on mingw.

hellhound_01@… — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 07:56:19 GMT

Replying to viboes:

You should use boostrap.bat on mingw.

This is confusing. I'm using the MSYS unix shell, why in hell i should use a batch file? Btw the batch program is working, after some path definitions (i.e. GCC), which are normally not requried if you use MSYS in handshake with MinGW ...

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René Rivera — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:01:20 GMT

status new → closed
resolution → worksforme

You need to use the latest version of bjam. On Windows by running booststrap.bat, i.e. following the getting started instructions.

dumitru.frunza@… — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:05:55 GMT

Replying to nop@…:

A quick work around:

Remove the offending argument to UPDATE_NOW in tools\build\v2\build\configure.jam on line 145. That is: just remove ": ignore-minus-q" so the line becomes "$(.log-fd) : ignore-minus-n ]", and all works well.

That does the trick.

Running bootstrap.bat is a no-go - my MSYS shell spits tons of errors about not understanding the commands within.

bootstrap.sh doesn't do better - it fails with ar.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated

So the "solution" would be to bypass bootstrap.* completely, go with

bjam toolset=gcc

(build bjam separately, no issues here), until you hit the error above, and use the quick-fix suggested by nop@.

Works like a charm.

anonymous — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:20:06 GMT

Replying to hellhound_01@…:

Replying to viboes:

You should use boostrap.bat on mingw.

This is confusing. I'm using the MSYS unix shell, why in hell i should use a batch file? Btw the batch program is working, after some path definitions (i.e. GCC), which are normally not requried if you use MSYS in handshake with MinGW ...

The boost build doesn't support the MSYS shell, you need to use cmd.exe instead for the purpose of compiling.

Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:36:11 GMT

MinGW:

cd BOOST_ROOT/tools/build/v2/engine/src
./build.sh mingw

It builds BOOST_ROOT/tools/build/v2/engine/src/bin.ntx86/bjam.exe. That's the one to use.

anonymous — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 06:43:24 GMT

bjam sucks...

anonymous — Fri, 13 May 2011 11:43:30 GMT

Thanks for the hints. I got all boost v1.46.1 libraries compiled on mingw doing this:

cd BOOST_ROOT/tools/build/v2/engine/src
./build.sh mingw
cd BOOST_ROOT
tools/build/v2/engine/src/bin.ntx86/bjam.exe toolset=gcc