John Read
I have to work on Windows, but I don't have any idea about compilers and environments on this platform. My preference would be to use a CygWin environment with MinGW's gcc compiler to facilitate setting up a scripted nightly build incorporating Boost and my own code. Some others might want to use native Microsoft compilers and tools though.
Steps so far: 1) Got/installed MinGW: MinGW-5.0.0.exe 2) Got/installed Boost: boost_1_33_1.exe 3) Opened Cygwin terminal and added MinGW/bin to path 4) cd-ed to boost_1_33_1/tools/build/jam_scr 5) . build.sh > result.txt
That's a tough row to hoe. MinGW is a non-cygwin toolset. If you try to build bjam under cygwin, you'll get a cygwin version of bjam. I suggest you remove MinGW/bin from your path (maybe even uninstall MinGW) and use the gcc-nocygwin toolset (http://www.boost.org/tools/build/v1/gcc-nocygwin-tools.html) *or* you give up on the cygwin environment and use the MinGW toolset from a regular windows command prompt. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com