{"id":4537,"date":"2014-03-30T13:23:40","date_gmt":"2014-03-30T13:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unknownerror.org\/index.php\/2014\/03\/30\/cross-compiling-boost-for-windows-on-linux-collection-of-common-programming-errors\/"},"modified":"2014-03-30T13:23:40","modified_gmt":"2014-03-30T13:23:40","slug":"cross-compiling-boost-for-windows-on-linux-collection-of-common-programming-errors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unknownerror.org\/index.php\/2014\/03\/30\/cross-compiling-boost-for-windows-on-linux-collection-of-common-programming-errors\/","title":{"rendered":"Cross-compiling boost for Windows on Linux-Collection of common programming errors"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m trying to create mingw binaries for boost on a Linux machine. The mingw compiler is present on my system as \/usr\/bin\/i586-mingw32msvc-g++ and I have been able to create a simple HelloWorld.exe application.<\/p>\n

Here is an exact list of my actions:<\/p>\n

$ tar xvf boost_1_46_1.tar.gz\n$ cd boost_1_46_1\/\n$ echo \"using gcc : 4.4.4: i586-mingw32msvc-g++ ;\" > user-config.jam\n$ .\/bootstrap.sh\n$ .\/bjam toolset=gcc target-os=windows\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
The result is this:<\/p>\n
Building the Boost C++ Libraries.\n\n\n...found 83 targets...\n...updating 9 targets...\ncommon.mkdir bin.v2\ncommon.mkdir bin.v2\/libs\ncommon.mkdir bin.v2\/libs\/regex\ncommon.mkdir bin.v2\/libs\/regex\/build\ncommon.mkdir bin.v2\/libs\/regex\/build\/gcc-mingw-4.4.4\ncommon.mkdir bin.v2\/libs\/regex\/build\/gcc-mingw-4.4.4\/debug\ncommon.mkdir bin.v2\/libs\/regex\/build\/gcc-mingw-4.4.4\/debug\/target-os-windows\ngcc.compile.c++ bin.v2\/libs\/regex\/build\/gcc-mingw-4.4.4\/debug\/target-os-windows\/has_icu_test.o\nIn file included from \/usr\/include\/unicode\/pwin32.h:123,\n                 from \/usr\/include\/unicode\/umachine.h:47,\n                 from \/usr\/include\/unicode\/uversion.h:47,\n                 from libs\/regex\/build\/has_icu_test.cpp:12:\n\/usr\/include\/inttypes.h:290: warning: ISO C++ 1998 does not support 'long long'\n\/usr\/include\/inttypes.h:291: warning: ISO C++ 1998 does not support 'long long'\nlibs\/regex\/build\/has_icu_test.cpp: In function 'int main()':\nlibs\/regex\/build\/has_icu_test.cpp:24: warning: unused variable 'c'\ngcc.link bin.v2\/libs\/regex\/build\/gcc-mingw-4.4.4\/debug\/target-os-windows\/has_icu.exe\n\/usr\/lib\/gcc\/i586-mingw32msvc\/4.4.4\/..\/..\/..\/..\/i586-mingw32msvc\/bin\/ld: cannot find -licuuc\ncollect2: ld returned 1 exit status\n\n    \"i586-mingw32msvc-g++\" -L\"\/usr\/bin\" -L\"\/usr\/lib\" -Wl,-R -Wl,\"\/usr\/bin\" -Wl,-R -Wl,\"\/usr\/lib\" -Wl,-rpath-link -Wl,\"\/usr\/bin\" -Wl,-rpath-link -Wl,\"\/usr\/lib\" -o \"bin.v2\/libs\/regex\/build\/gcc-mingw-4.4.4\/debug\/target-os-windows\/has_icu.exe\" -Wl,--start-group \"bin.v2\/libs\/regex\/build\/gcc-mingw-4.4.4\/debug\/target-os-windows\/has_icu_test.o\"  -Wl,-Bstatic  -Wl,-Bdynamic -licuuc -licui18n -licudata -Wl,--end-group -g \n\n\n...failed gcc.link bin.v2\/libs\/regex\/build\/gcc-mingw-4.4.4\/debug\/target-os-windows\/has_icu.exe...\n...failed updating 1 target...\n...updated 8 targets...\nPerforming configuration checks\n\n    - has_icu builds           : no\nwarning: Graph library does not contain MPI-based parallel components.\nnote: to enable them, add \"using mpi ;\" to your user-config.jam\n...found 8 targets...\n...updating 6 targets...\ncommon.mkdir bin.v2\/libs\/math\ncommon.mkdir bin.v2\/libs\/math\/config\ncommon.mkdir bin.v2\/libs\/math\/config\/gcc-mingw-4.4.4\ncommon.mkdir bin.v2\/libs\/math\/config\/gcc-mingw-4.4.4\/debug\ncommon.mkdir bin.v2\/libs\/math\/config\/gcc-mingw-4.4.4\/debug\/target-os-windows\ngcc.compile.c++ bin.v2\/libs\/math\/config\/gcc-mingw-4.4.4\/debug\/target-os-windows\/has_gcc_visibility.o\ncc1plus: warnings being treated as errors\nlibs\/math\/config\/has_gcc_visibility.cpp: In function 'int main()':\nlibs\/math\/config\/has_gcc_visibility.cpp:13: error: visibility attribute not supported in this configuration; ignored\n\n    \"i586-mingw32msvc-g++\"  -ftemplate-depth-128 -O0 -fno-inline -Wall -g -Werror -fvisibility=hidden -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1  -I\".\" -c -o \"bin.v2\/libs\/math\/config\/gcc-mingw-4.4.4\/debug\/target-os-windows\/has_gcc_visibility.o\" \"libs\/math\/config\/has_gcc_visibility.cpp\"\n\n...failed gcc.compile.c++ bin.v2\/libs\/math\/config\/gcc-mingw-4.4.4\/debug\/target-os-windows\/has_gcc_visibility.o...\n...failed updating 1 target...\n...updated 5 targets...\n    - ..\/config\/\/has_gcc_visibility builds : no\n...found 46 targets...\n...updating 1 target...\ngcc.compile.c++ bin.v2\/libs\/math\/config\/gcc-mingw-4.4.4\/debug\/target-os-windows\/has_long_double_support.o\n...updated 1 target...\n    - ..\/config\/\/has_long_double_support builds : yes\nwarning: skipping optional Message Passing Interface (MPI) library.\nnote: to enable MPI support, add \"using mpi ;\" to user-config.jam.\nnote: to suppress this message, pass \"--without-mpi\" to bjam.\nnote: otherwise, you can safely ignore this message.\n************************************************************\nTrying to build Boost.Thread with pthread support.\nIf you need pthread you should specify the paths.\nYou can specify them in site-config.jam, user-config.jam\nor in the environment.\nFor example:\nPTW32_INCLUDE=C:\\Program Files\\ptw32\\Pre-built2\\include\nPTW32_LIB=C:\\Program Files\\ptw32\\Pre-built2\\lib\n************************************************************\n\/home\/francis\/orig\/boost_1_46_1\/tools\/build\/v2\/build\/virtual-target.jam:1079: in virtual-target.register-actual-name from module virtual-target\nerror: Duplicate name of actual target: libboost_date_time.a\nerror: previous virtual target { common%common.copy-libboost_date_time.a.STATIC_LIB { gcc%gcc.archive-libboost_date_time.a.STATIC_LIB { gcc%gcc.compile.c++-gregorian\/greg_month.o.OBJ { gregorian\/greg_month.cpp.CPP } } { gcc%gcc.compile.c++-gregorian\/greg_weekday.o.OBJ { gregorian\/greg_weekday.cpp.CPP } } { gcc%gcc.compile.c++-gregorian\/date_generators.o.OBJ { gregorian\/date_generators.cpp.CPP } } } }\nerror: created from .\/stage-proper\nerror: another virtual target { common%common.copy-libboost_date_time.a.STATIC_LIB { gcc%gcc.archive-libboost_date_time.a.STATIC_LIB { gcc%gcc.compile.c++-gregorian\/greg_month.o.OBJ { gregorian\/greg_month.cpp.CPP } } { gcc%gcc.compile.c++-gregorian\/greg_weekday.o.OBJ { gregorian\/greg_weekday.cpp.CPP } } { gcc%gcc.compile.c++-gregorian\/date_generators.o.OBJ { gregorian\/date_generators.cpp.CPP } } } }\nerror: created from .\/stage-proper\nerror: added properties: off NDEBUG full speed off release\nerror: removed properties: on off off on debug\n\/home\/francis\/orig\/boost_1_46_1\/tools\/build\/v2\/build\/virtual-target.jam:490: in actualize-no-scanner from module object(file-target)@3884\n\/home\/francis\/orig\/boost_1_46_1\/tools\/build\/v2\/build\/virtual-target.jam:135: in object(file-target)@3884.actualize from module object(file-target)@3884\n\/home\/francis\/orig\/boost_1_46_1\/tools\/build\/v2\/build-system.jam:748: in load from module build-system\n\/home\/francis\/orig\/boost_1_46_1\/tools\/build\/v2\/kernel\/modules.jam:283: in import from module modules\n\/home\/francis\/orig\/boost_1_46_1\/tools\/build\/v2\/kernel\/bootstrap.jam:142: in boost-build from module\n\/home\/francis\/orig\/boost_1_46_1\/boost-build.jam:17: in module scope from module\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
It says libicu is not found on my system, but according to Synaptic Package Manage I have the libicu-dev<\/code> package installed.<\/p>\n
I’m not sure how to get it right. Can anyone help?<\/p>\n
Update 1<\/h3>\n
Following @Luke’s recoommendation I now gcc-mingw<\/code> toolset. So now my build instructions look like this:<\/p>\n
tar xvf boost_1_46_1.tar.gz\ncd boost_1_46_1\/\necho \"using gcc : 4.4.4: i586-mingw32msvc-g++ ;\" > user-config.jam\n.\/bootstrap.sh\n.\/bjam toolset=gcc-mingw target-os=windows\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Which leads to the following errors:<\/p>\n
error: toolset gcc initialization:\nerror: version 'mingw' requested but 'g++-mingw' not found and version '4.4.5' of default 'g++' does not match\nerror: initialized from\n\/home\/francis\/orig\/boost-mingw\/boost_1_46_1\/tools\/build\/v2\/build\/toolset.jam:38: in toolset.using from module toolset\n\/home\/francis\/orig\/boost-mingw\/boost_1_46_1\/tools\/build\/v2\/build-system.jam:481: in process-explicit-toolset-requests from module build-system\n\/home\/francis\/orig\/boost-mingw\/boost_1_46_1\/tools\/build\/v2\/build-system.jam:561: in load from module build-system\n\/home\/francis\/orig\/boost-mingw\/boost_1_46_1\/tools\/build\/v2\/kernel\/modules.jam:283: in import from module modules\n\/home\/francis\/orig\/boost-mingw\/boost_1_46_1\/tools\/build\/v2\/kernel\/bootstrap.jam:142: in boost-build from module\n\/home\/francis\/orig\/boost-mingw\/boost_1_46_1\/boost-build.jam:17: in module scope from module\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Update 2<\/h3>\n
I have also tried specifying gcc-mingw<\/code> in the user-config.jam<\/code> file. Then my build instructions look like this:<\/p>\n
tar xvf boost_1_46_1.tar.gz\ncd boost_1_46_1\/\necho \"using gcc-mingw : 4.4.4: i586-mingw32msvc-g++ ;\" > user-config.jam\n.\/bootstrap.sh\n.\/bjam toolset=gcc-mingw target-os=windows\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Which leads to:<\/p>\n
error: version 'mingw' requested but 'g++-mingw' not found and version '4.4.5' of default 'g++' does not match\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Update 3<\/h3>\n
Specifying g++-mingw<\/code> in the user-config.jam<\/code> file:<\/p>\n
using g++-mingw : 4.4.4: i586-mingw32msvc-g++ ;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
…leads to the same error.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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