Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Message-ID: <4350EA7F.5050203@sh.cvut.cz>
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 13:39:43 +0200
From: =?UTF-8?B?VsOhY2xhdiBIYWlzbWFu?= <V DOT Haisman AT sh DOT cvut DOT cz>
User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923)
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: =?UTF-8?B?TWF0dGlhcyBCcsOkbmRzdHLDtm0=?= <thebrasse AT brasse DOT org>
Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: boost, boost_unit_test_framework
References: <434AE423 DOT 6070701 AT brasse DOT org> <434B95C0 DOT 8030200 AT sh DOT cvut DOT cz> <434E0EC3 DOT 4040502 AT brasse DOT org> <434F8064 DOT 5080100 AT sh DOT cvut DOT cz> <434F83F6 DOT 4030607 AT brasse DOT 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 AT cygwin DOT 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--