boost: fix user configuration files

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/_posts/2017-01-07-building-boost.md b/_posts/2017-01-07-building-boost.md
index 6e9f4a4..4e28669 100644
--- a/_posts/2017-01-07-building-boost.md
+++ b/_posts/2017-01-07-building-boost.md
@@ -124,6 +124,13 @@ $ ./b2 toolset=gcc-mingw              \
 ...
 ```
 
+The "user" configuration file above stopped working at some point; not sure as
+to who's to blame, Cygwin or Boost.
+If you see something like "`error: provided command 'i686-w64-mingw32-g++' not
+found`", add ".exe" to the binary name above, so that the whole file reads
+"`using gcc : : i686-w64-mingw32-g++.exe ;`".
+{: .alert .alert-info }
+
 ### x64
 
 Notice the two major differences from the x86 example:
@@ -158,6 +165,13 @@ $ ./b2 toolset=gcc-mingw              \
 ...
 ```
 
+The "user" configuration file above stopped working at some point; not sure as
+to who's to blame, Cygwin or Boost.
+If you see something like "`error: provided command 'x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++'
+not found`", add ".exe" to the binary name above, so that the whole file reads
+"`using gcc : : x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++.exe ;`".
+{: .alert .alert-info }
+
 Usage in CMake
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