Thread: building boost iostreams

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    building boost iostreams

    Hello

    I've been trying to get boost compiled with zlib on windows.
    I have win xp, MSVC 2005.
    Boost is located in c:\cpp libraries\boost
    Zlib is located in c:\cpp libraries\zlib123

    I have tried to build boost iostreams with running bjam from
    libs\iostreams\build as instructions say..
    The command line I used:

    bjam toolset=msvc "-sZLIB_SOURCE=C:\cpp libraries\zlib123"

    when I do this it seems like nothing is properly built.
    The result I get says: ..failed updating 12 targets.. skipped 16 targets...

    I wonder what am I doing wrong?
    I want to build boost iostreams so that I can use them with bzip..

    Thanks for help

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    Your path has a space in it. Perhaps that is causing a problem? I don't see how, but . . .

    Maybe instead of "-sZLIB_SOURCE=C:\cpp libraries\zlib123" you need to pass "-sZLIB_SOURCE=C:\cpp libraries\zlib123\zlib123\bin" or something? What does the directory structure look like there? Did you go "extract all" or "extact to directory . . ." or what?
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    Hey mate.. Yes, space was the cause of problem. Shouldnt boost support them?

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    Many Windows command-line tools have trouble with spaces. It's just the way it is; it's the way the Windows shell works. It's not boost-specific or anything. I myself never create files with spaces in their name for just that reason.

    You almost never have those sorts of problems under Linux, because a space can be represented as "\ ".
    Code:
    $ ls /mnt/win/Documents\ and\ Settings
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