Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <4350EA7F.5050203@sh.cvut.cz> Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 13:39:43 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?VsOhY2xhdiBIYWlzbWFu?= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?UTF-8?B?TWF0dGlhcyBCcsOkbmRzdHLDtm0=?= Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: boost, boost_unit_test_framework References: <434AE423.6070701@brasse.org> <434B95C0.8030200@sh.cvut.cz> <434E0EC3.4040502@brasse.org> <434F8064.5080100@sh.cvut.cz> <434F83F6.4030607@brasse.org> In-Reply-To: <434F83F6.4030607@brasse.org> OpenPGP: id=63B6B297 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigFE5B1A09A6BB298C535D8DC2" X-IsSubscribed: yes Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com --------------enigFE5B1A09A6BB298C535D8DC2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mattias Br=C3=A4ndstr=C3=B6m wrote: > V=C3=A1clav Haisman wrote: >=20 >>> >>> Have the test libraries worked in any previous version of boost for >>> Cygwin? If so, is there any way that I can install that version instead? >> >> >> I don't know. The current Boost package is the only Boost Cygwin package >> so far. You could try to compile some older Boost than 1.33.0 from >> sources. >> >=20 > Actually, I tried to compile the test libraries of boost 1.33 myself > like this: >=20 > bjam -sTOOLS=3Dgcc --with-test stage >=20 > 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. >=20 > When I changed the extension of boost_unit_test_framework to .a and > compiled and linked my test with -lboost_unit_test_framework I got a > working binary. >=20 > However, I would like to be able to build my project with a vanilla > installation of Cygwin. This would make it easier for me to share my > project with other people since they would only have to install the > correct versions (preferable the latest) of the Cygwin packages to be > able to build it. >=20 > 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 >=20 > :.:: mattias >=20 V=C3=A1clav Haisman --------------enigFE5B1A09A6BB298C535D8DC2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQEVAwUBQ1Dqim56zbtzMDG0AQIMzgf+ODZ/czOdIFjtVJLCpo3oPN5U4Wd97W9M Rn4p0+qMgt04es3uobSpNDFrtGviJN9aQjBugrpYwk6yw3uFX8CDT44IBCtuyn3c qvKPSGjMgvL+ooopkKBoSqsj2fNPhqgXoPjasBWNV8iKK4+JT+eteA086v3B2IqZ S/+6AjucMm1KezJrVbgJ/VsJCu2VZY7Otdow/s+iUDGnvOW0aXuhewgVMExjsQtA rJBpLZpUNP8A5l0fkrtW5eCEyCMf6aI18iQZdU75OW2qiiMS2bAN4rgXYmKqIxE2 nKC9CaeBcZWHf9Y5cwzmI2QbPSkPMSlsBz5SH/5pidNHn6xD/PqO8w== =ydzR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigFE5B1A09A6BB298C535D8DC2--