23 May
2017
23 May
'17
12:54 a.m.
On 22/05/2017 22:25, Kerry, Richard wrote:
To build 1.34.1 (on VC6) I run "bjam --toolset=msvc --with-regex stage". [...] To build 1.64.0 I've followed the current instructions. I ran "b2 regex", which built a dll, which is not what I want. I then ran "b2 regex link=static", which build the static lib I wanted. However, the lib is left in a folder a long way down from the bin.v2 folder, which is where I expected it to be.
It's unsurprising that a different command line produces different output. Your original 1.34 command line is still the correct one. (Although you'd probably use b2 rather than bjam. The options are the same.) I'm curious which "current instructions" you're referring to here.