Hi Mark

how can I compile boost for MinGW/MSYS? Is there any howto?

Have you read http://www.boost.org/more/getting_started.html ? The following command line in the boost root directory works for me (unwrap if necessary): bjam "-sTOOLS=mingw" "-sMINGW_ROOT_DIRECTORY=C:\ProgramFiles\MinGW3.2.0"

How can I compile jam for MinGW/MSYS?

You can find the the source as well as prebuilt executables here (linked from getting_started.html): http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&package_id=72941 HTH, -- Andreas Huber When replying by private email, please remove the words spam and trap from the address shown in the header.