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<div>Hi</div>
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<div>I am new to Boost.Python and am trying to build its library using Visual C++ 2008 on Windows XP.</div>
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<div>I have downloaded and unzipped boost_1_43_0.zip and I have installed boost-jam-3.1.18-1-ntx86.zip.</div>
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<div>Next, I executed:</div>
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<div>C:\boost_1_43_0\libs\python\example\quickstart>\boost-jam-3.1.18-1-ntx86\bjam toolset=msvc --verbose-test test</div>
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<div>The output I get is:</div>
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<div>msvc.link bin\test_embed.test\msvc-10.0\debug\threading-multi\test_embed.exe</div>
<div>LINK : warning LNK4001: no object files specified; libraries used</div>
<div>LINK : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _mainCRTStartup</div>
<div>bin\test_embed.test\msvc-10.0\debug\threading-multi\test_embed.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals</div>
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<div> call "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86 >nul</div>
<div>link /NOLOGO /INCREMENTAL:NO /DEBUG /MACHINE:X86 /subsystem:console /out:"bin\test_embed.test\msvc-10.0\debug\threading-multi\test_em</div>
<div>t_embed.test\msvc-10.0\debug\threading-multi\test_embed.exe.rsp"</div>
<div> if %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 EXIT %ERRORLEVEL%</div>
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<div>...failed msvc.link bin\test_embed.test\msvc-10.0\debug\threading-multi\test_embed.exe bin\test_embed.test\msvc-10.0\debug\threading-</div>
<div>...removing bin\test_embed.test\msvc-10.0\debug\threading-multi\test_embed.pdb</div>
<div>...skipped <pbin\test_embed.test\msvc-10.0\debug\threading-multi>test_embed.run for lack of <pbin\test_embed.test\msvc-10.0\debug\thr</div>
<div>...failed updating 2 targets...</div>
<div>...skipped 2 targets...</div>
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<div>I am surprised at the mention of Visual Studio 10.0 because I only have Visual Studio 2008 and Visual C++ 2008 Express installed.</div>
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<div>Please will anyone suggest what is wrong?</div>
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<div>Would it be better for me to use the pre-built binaries provided by Boost Consulting?</div>
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<div>Best regards</div>
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<div>David</div>
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