It didn't seem to have a problem finding my compiler (although I will try the edit you suggest and use the copy of GCC I have under \Dev-Cpp instead of the one I have under \MinGW). The compiler seems to work OK, its just that the build products I get appear to be for a linux platform (.a files) instead of windows (.lib and .dll files). What files did you end up with in your C:\install-boost\lib directory? Thanks, Ken "chun ping wang" <cablepuff@gmail.com> wrote in message news:7253f6b30705180916m1921a5ecrf8b39d440995b815@mail.gmail.com... heres what i do to build mingW since i am using dev-cpp compiler. step 1: edit user-config.jam (this will tell where the compiler is). gcc : : "C:/Dev-Cpp/bin/gcc" step 2: erase the "install" ... its more like bjam "--toolset=gcc" "--build-dir=C:\install-boost" and thats it.... On 5/18/07, Ken Klose <ken.klose@future-skies.com> wrote: PS. I've tried the Jamfile.v2.diff that Vladimir Prus attached to a post entitled "Re: [1.34.0] building on cygwin fails out of the box". "Ken Klose" < ken.klose@future-skies.com> wrote in message news:f2k8pk$ohp$1@sea.gmane.org... > When I built boost 1.33.1 with GCC 3.4.5 on WinXP I got 274 files in the > \boost\lib directory consisting of both DLLs and .lib files. When I built > boost 1.34 (following the new getting started directions) I only got 154 > files in \boost\lib none were DLL or LIB, they were all .a files. > > Interestingly when the 1.34.0 build starts I get "Unable to construct > ./install-unversioned" messages that I don't get in the 1.33.1 build: > ...found 1 target... > > C:\src\c++\boost_1_34_0>bjam --toolset=gcc --prefix=C:\Boost1.34.0 install > Building Boost.Regex with the optional Unicode/ICU support disabled. > Please refer to the Boost.Regex documentation for more information > (don't panic: this is a strictly optional feature). > warning: Unable to construct ./install-unversioned > warning: Unable to construct ./install-unversioned > warning: Unable to construct ./install-unversioned > > > Thanks, > Ken _______________________________________________ Boost-users mailing list Boost-users@lists.boost.org http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Boost-users mailing list Boost-users@lists.boost.org http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users