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

 

Got these errors in results.txt:

###
### Using 'gcc' toolset.
###
rm -rf bootstrap
mkdir bootstrap
gcc -o bootstrap/jam0 command.c compile.c execnt.c execunix.c execvms.c expand.c filent.c fileos2.c fileunix.c filevms.c glob.c hash.c hdrmacro.c headers.c jam.c jambase.c jamgram.c lists.c make.c make1.c newstr.c option.c parse.c pathunix.c pathvms.c regexp.c rules.c scan.c search.c subst.c timestamp.c variable.c modules.c strings.c filesys.c builtins.c pwd.c class.c native.c modules/set.c modules/path.c modules/regex.c modules/property-set.c modules/sequence.c modules/order.c
execunix.c:19:24: sys/times.h: No such file or directory

execunix.c: In function `execwait':

execunix.c:187: error: storage size of 'old_time' isn't known

execunix.c:187: error: storage size of 'new_time' isn't known

fileunix.c:95:17: ar.h: No such file or directory

fileunix.c: In function `file_archscan':

fileunix.c:232: error: storage size of 'ar_hdr' isn't known

fileunix.c:241: error: `SARMAG' undeclared (first use in this function)

fileunix.c:241: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once

fileunix.c:241: error: for each function it appears in.)

fileunix.c:242: error: `ARMAG' undeclared (first use in this function)

 

 

 

I suspect that there is more involved in getting a proper Windows
development environment set up.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

A simple list of steps would be great. If none exists,
I will provide one to the group once I have this sorted out.

 

Thanks,

John