Boost Build v2 and OS X Frameworks problem

From: Jan Rehders (cmdkeen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-01-13 19:03:26

Hello,

first, I'm not sure whether this list is intended for users or 
developers so forgive me if I'm wrong ;)

I want to use Boost Build System Version 2 for a medium sized cross 
platform c++ project, target systems are windows, linux and mac os x 
because it seems to be the most comfortable build system for this kind 
of project.

I've set up boost build and I can compile simple apps using bjam --v2 
and it works really smooth. My problem is to make it use the OS X 
frameworks. Instead of the -l parameter for libraries, the -framework 
parameter needs to be used for linking. I looked up the documentation 
about using system libraries but could not find any mac related 
information. I followed the documentation for using system libraries 
and my jamfile looked something like this:

lib gl : : <name>OpenGL ;

exe mytest : main.cpp gl : ;

I get the following error:

[..]
ld: can't locate file for: -lOpenGL

g++ -g -o "bin/darwin/debug/mytest" "bin/darwin/debug/main.o" 
-lOpenGL
[..]

Which as stated above is caused by the fact that the -l option is used 
instead of -framework. I guess this is intended because using 
-framework would circumvent the usage of static libraries. So is there 
any option or way I did not discover to tell gcc to use a framework? I 
found <framework> for bjam v1 and <cxxflags> and I'm pretty sure there 
is something like <linkerflags> but I would prefer a "clean" solution - 
any suggestions?

greetings and thanks for your time,
Jan Rehders