id summary reporter owner description type status milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 5680 bootstrap Boost.Build fails with MinGW 20110530: missing sys/wait.h, sys/resource.h, ar.h Alex Millian Hankins "My OS is Windows XP Pro. To reproduce: * Install MinGW 20110530. * Download and uncompress boost_1_46_1.tar.bz2. * Launch MinGW Shell from Start menu. * Verify path: {{{ $ printenv PATH .:/mingw/bin:/bin:/c/WINDOWS/system32:/c/WINDOWS:/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem }}} * cd and run bootstrap: {{{ $ cd boost_1_46_1/tools/build/v2 $ sh bootstrap.sh Bootstrapping the build engine with toolset gcc... Failed to bootstrap the build engine Consult 'bootstrap.log' for more details $ cat bootstrap.log ### ### 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. }}} Surrounding the above failed includes with #ifndef {{{__}}}MINGW32{{{__}}} ... #endif did not fix the problem. " Bugs new To Be Determined Building Boost Boost 1.46.1 Problem mingw bjam bootstrap build