Re: [cpp-netlib-devel] cpp-netlib on vista + MinGW

[Dean M. C. B. <dmb...@fr...>]

Hi Allister!

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> Subject: [cpp-netlib-devel] cpp-netlib on vista + MinGW
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I tried to build cpp-netlib (http_integration branch) on 
> Windows Vista (MinGW compiler) as follows: bjam --toolset=gcc debug
> 
> The build failed however because I don't have the pthread 
> library.  I see that one might be able to use the 
> pthreads-win32 (http://sourceware.org/pthreads-win32/) but it 
> seems rather dated.  I'm guessing someone else has met this 
> issue already.  Could you tell me what's the best way to deal 
> with this?
> 

I personally have not yet tried building in Windows using MinGW though,
but if you can get the pthreads library that comes with MinGW or Cygwin,
that might bring you farther. Right now though I don't think cpp-netlib
explicitly requires threading, but Boost.Asio might -- in this case you
might have better mileage by trying to build a minimal application using
Boost.Asio first before trying to build with MinGW.

Others might have other ideas too. :)

--
Dean Michael Berris
Software Engineer, Friendster, Inc.