Re: [Mingw-cross-env-list] mingw-cross-env-2.9: DEbian Squeeze AMD65: Failed to build package boost!

[Volker Grabsch]

Joost Kraaijeveld <address@hidden> schrieb:
> On Thu, 2009-11-12 at 11:56 +0100, Stefan Peter wrote: 
> > I think I have found the reason for this error: If you have installed a 
> > native bjam on your system, the bjam that is built for building boost 
> > picks up the /etc/site-config.jam. It seems that in this case the 
> > user-config.jam fails to override the gcc to use.
> > 
> > Renaming /etc/site-config.jam for the boost build does, at least on my 
> > system, result in a successful build.
> 
> Yes, I confirm that this is the problem/solution. Thanks for looking
> into the problem.

This is a reasonable workaround, but is there also a "real" solution?

Are we able to force the cross-built Boost to use it's own Bjam
without disabling the native Bjam?

Is there any way to improve the src/boost.mk in this regard?


Greets,

    Volker

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