Boost C++ Libraries: Ticket #9686: Provide cmd file for building both 32-bit and 64-bit libraries on Windows with Microsoft Visual C++ https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/9686 <p> It would make sense to provide a cmd file to automate bootstrapping and building both 32-bit and 64-bit libraries (in the Debug and Release configurations) on Windows (placing them under stage32 and stage64, respectively). Running bootstrap and b2 with no command-line arguments as recommended in the Getting Started guide will build only 32-bit libraries. In order to build 64-bit libraries, one has to consult bjam docs to figure out which parameters/options to use. Since targeting both 32-bit, and 64-bit architectures is quite common for developers working under Windows, having a batch file to automate Boost library builds for both architectures in one go will save them some time and effort. </p> en-us Boost C++ Libraries /htdocs/site/boost.png https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/9686 Trac 1.4.3 weegreenblobbie@… Thu, 20 Feb 2014 23:26:37 GMT <link>https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/9686#comment:1 </link> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/9686#comment:1</guid> <description> <p> Agreed! I've been trying to build 1_55 in 64-bit mode and no matter what combination of address-model=64 or arichetecture=x86 I can't get it to work. </p> <p> This build command doesn't seem to work: </p> <pre class="wiki">b2 -j 8 -q ^ --without-mpi ^ --build-dir=tmp_bld_dir ^ --variant=release ^ --build-type=minimal ^ architecture=x86 ^ adress-model=64 ^ toolset=msvc ^ link=shared ^ runtime-link=shared ^ threading=multi ^ install </pre> </description> <category>Ticket</category> </item> <item> <author>weegreenblobbie@…</author> <pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2014 23:27:29 GMT</pubDate> <title/> <link>https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/9686#comment:2 </link> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/9686#comment:2</guid> <description> <p> Oh yeah, it would be nice if the b2 reported it was building in 64-bit mode. </p> </description> <category>Ticket</category> </item> </channel> </rss>