On Jan 15, 2008 9:17 PM, Jonathan Turkanis
Chris Miller wrote:
Why on earth I try and support Windows is beyond my comprehension. It's just something I do.
I'm having some massive difficulties making Boost build with MinGW so I can start using it from Code::Blocks. I've tried using Boost's native Jam system, but first I have to build that.
You don't have to build it; you can download a pre-built binary: http://tinyurl.com/2q36f.
For MinGW/Windows Vista, which one would I pick? I picked the "platform independent" one, which didn't work.
And that doesn't work.
It keeps telling me this:
...
It keeps trying to use the MSVC toolset, even though I'm telling it not to.
Any help here would be nice!
Have you tried:
set PATH=
build mingw ?
That's not what the build instructions said. They said to use build.bat mingw, 'cause that's my toolkit. It kept trying it with MSVC for some odd reason. http://mindofsauron.blogspot.com/2008/01/boost-me-up.html -- Registered Linux Addict #431495 http://profile.xfire.com/mrstalinman John 3:16! If Microsoft is the Wal*Mart of the Software World, then Linux is the Home Depot