Re: boost, boost_unit_test_framework

[Mattias BrÃndstrÃm <thebrasse at brasse dot org>]

VÃclav Haisman wrote:
> Mattias BrÃndstrÃm wrote:
> > bjam -sTOOLS=gcc --with-test stage
> >
> > And that command produced the test libraries for me. The only difference
> > from your libraries was that their extension was .lib instead of .a. How
> > did you manage to get .a libraries? Is there any difference between .a
> > and .lib in Cygwin?
>
> Are you sure that you are using Cygwin's GCC? Or even any GCC? For me,
> Boost produces only .a archives or .dlls.

Yes, I am quite sure. I use a freshly installed Cygwin and I guess that 
the boost build scripts will compile with gcc if I compile the way I 
descibed above.

> > In what way is the test libraries broken under Cygwin?
>
> Unless I add --without-test I get this error after which the whole build
> process tops:
>
> unknown target type for
> <@boost!libs!test!build>libboost_prg_exec_monitor.dll

Have you tried to just compile the test libraries? If I remember 
correctly, building dynamic test libraries is indeed broken under Cygwin 
but static libraries should work.

:.:: mattias

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