Re: [Mingw-cross-env-list] mingw-cross-env-2.12 Boost 1.42 bug

[Mark de Wever]

Volker Grabsch wrote:
> Joost Kraaijeveld <address@hidden> schrieb:
> > It appears that there is a bug in the compilation of Boost. For every
> > library that I want to link I get an error like:
> >
> > /home/jkr/src/mingw-cross-env-2.12/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/lib/libboost_system-mt.a:
> >  could not read symbols: Archive has no index; run ranlib to add one
> >
> > Running
> >
> > "/home/jkr/src/mingw-cross-env-2.12/usr/bin/i686-pc-mingw32-ranlib 
> > /home/jkr/src/mingw-cross-env-2.12/usr/i686-pc-mingw32/lib/libboost*"
> >
> > manually appears to solve the problem. Should this not be done in a
> > makefile?
>
> Is anyone on this list able to reproduce that problem?

I also have the problem, which I also reported to you (might be I 
reported it privately, before this mailing list was created).

> Who is currently actively using Boost?

At the moment I'm focussing on the Linux version of the project I'm 
working on and am not working on, nor testing the Windows version. So I 
haven't used boost lately.

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Regards,
Mark de Wever