Boost Jam Not Producing Thread Library on Windows

Question

I downloaded the latest Boost Jam binary from SourceForge and I'm using the command:

bjam toolset=gcc --build-type=complete stage

I've installed Cygwin along with the GCC compiler. While the command produces a stage/lib directory, I cannot find the thread library that I'm using in Linux. Boost Jam takes a while to run, so there could have been errors along the way. Can anyone guess as to why I don't have the thread library? Is there a specific command I can run in an attempt to only build the thread library? Thanks!

Answer 1

You most definitely need to check for, and provide the error messages. You can also try passing either threadapi=pthread or threadapi=win32 to Boost.Build invocation.

In general, using the GNU/Kernel32.dll operating system, sometimes referred to as Cygwin, is risky business. Will using the native port of gcc, from mingw, be sufficient for you?