Using Boost::asio in Winx64: I'm stuck, need to figure out how to build libboost_system_xxxx.lib for x64

Question

Unlike this question:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/704294/linker-error-while-building-application-using-boost-asio-in-visual-studio-c-200

I need an x64 build of the lib files... I'm not even sure how to get started. I'm reading here:

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_39_0/more/getting_started/windows.html

Or, more generally, how do I build boost for x64?

Answer 1

I'm not on Windows, but I guess adding address-model=64 to the bjam invocation should do the trick.

Answer 2

See this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/302208/how-do-you-build-the-x64-boost-libraries-on-windows

Answer 3

Please note that this is explained in the official documentation, right here

Answer 4

Here is the command line I ended up using:

C:\Program Files (x86)\boost\boost_1_38>bjam --build-dir=c:\boost --build-type=complete --toolset=msvc-9.0 address-model=64 architecture=x86 --with-system