I can't compile boost - can't find *.o file

Question

I'm trying to compile Boost libraries. I'm typing

bootstrap.bat gcc

which completes succesfully, then

b2 install --prefix=c:/Tools/boost toolset=gcc variant=release

And I receive bunch of errors:

"g++"  -ftemplate-depth-128 -O3 -finline-functions -Wno-inline -Wall -pedantic -mthreads -Wno-variadic-macros -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1 -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1,<python>2.7,<target-os>windows:<python.interpreter>C:\Python27\python -DBOOST_CHRONO_STATIC_LINK=1 -DBOOST_SYSTEM_NO_DEPRECATED -DBOOST_SYSTEM_STATIC_LINK=1 -DBOOST_TIMER_STATIC_LINK=1 -DNDEBUG  -I"." -c -o "bin.v2\libs\test\build\gcc-mingw-4.9.2\release\link-static\threading-multi\unit_test_parameters.o" "libs\test\src\unit_test_parameters.cpp"

...failed gcc.compile.c++ bin.v2\libs\test\build\gcc-mingw-4.9.2\release\link-static\threading-multi\unit_test_parameters.o...
gcc.compile.c++ bin.v2\libs\test\build\gcc-mingw-4.9.2\release\link-static\threading-multi\xml_log_formatter.o
File can't be found.

about like every file and nothing gets compiled. Shouldn't o files be created while building? What can be the problem?

Answer 1

Have you tried adding the prefix parameter to the bootstrap call, not the b2 invocation? Typically, that is information already needed when setting up the build environment (which is what bootstrap does).