Re: [Boost-build] bug in toolset configuration of gcc -stillnotfixed for 1.34.1?!

From: Oliver.Kowalke_at_[hidden]
Date: 2007-09-03 05:26:59

Hi,

> To learn more about Boost Build v2 see the documentation:
> http://www.boost.org/doc/html/bbv2.html

I found it not verry helpful - if you are unfamiliar with boost.build
it's verry hard to extract the required info - especialy in the this
case of gcc on HP/UX.

> > Which one? release/user-config.jam or build/v2/user-config.jam
> 
> None of them, please. The user-config.jam is a file for the 
> _user_ to _configure_ the build system. You don't want to 
> have your special acc config in boost svn, do you? See here 
> for instructions on configuration:
> http://www.boost.org/doc/html/bbv2/advanced.html#bbv2.advanced
> .configuration

Hm - it was a suggestion by Vladimir Prus.
What I want is a default toolset configuration of gcc on HP/UX (version
11.11) because the available aCC on this PA-RSIC system ist too old
(version 3.x) in order to compile boost. HP will never ship aCC version
6.x on PA-RISC systems.
Thatswhy I suggest to use gcc as default!

> And I'd recommand to put it into site-config.jam.

> And for default "shared" linking use the "default-build" 
> option of your
> project:
> 
> http://www.boost.org/doc/html/bbv2/advanced.html#bbv2.advanced
> .projects

If I compile boost on HP/UX 11.11 with gcc (because the only available
compiler on this platform able to compile boost)
with bjam --toolset=gcc the static and shared libraries should be
generated. Why should I add this to projects?

It is annoying that I've fight to get the combination of gcc and HP/UX
11.11 since may of this year.

Regards, Oliver