Angus Leeming: [snip]
Now trying to do something similar using bjam:
$ cd ~/boostcvs/libs/test/build $ bjam '-sTOOLS=mgw'
The correct value is 'mingw'. [snip]
For the life of me I can't see why bjam is trying to build the VC++ target. I can't even run
$ bjam --help
because it just does the same thing, trying and failing to build stuff with VC++.
Try "bjam -help". :)
I have also tried running from the top level boost directory and with the '-sMINGW_ROOT_DIRECTORY=/d/mingw' command line option to bjam, all to no avail. (From my understanding of the docs at http://www.boost.org/tools/build/v1/mingw-tools.html, that shouldn't be necessary.) I have changed the TOOLS name to 'mingw' rather than 'mgw'. Again , no dice.
Finally, in desperation, opening up a DOS prompt and repeating the exercise. Nope. Same result.
I've never tried compiling Boost under MSYS, but running bjam -sMINGW_ROOT_DIRECTORY=d:\mingw -sTOOLS=mingw from the top level Boost directory under Windows CLI should work. Sorry if you already tried MINGW_ROOT_DIRECTORY and TOOLS in combination; I couldn't tell from your mail. -- Daniel Schlyder http://bitblaze.com/