Re: [Boost-build] How does one pass user flags to gcc.compile.asm?

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] How does one pass user flags to gcc.compile.asm?
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-04-04 08:40:53

On 04.04.2014 08:22, etwietmeyer_at_[hidden] wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I’m using a version of gcc that requires a –sysroot flag for all invocations.  This includes invocations for assembling .S files in the
> context lib.  Looking at gcc.jam, I see that there is no $(USER_OPTIONS) parameter passed.  I tried mimicking the msvc.jam mechanism that
> specifies <asmflags> as USER_ASMFLAGS, but as my knowledge of bjam is virtually nil I have not been successful.
>
> Can someone provide a pointer or a suggestion as to what to do?

Eric,

it might be easier to specify such global option as 'sysroot' in user-config.jam, like:

        using gcc : : arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc --sysroot=/whatever ;

Thanks,
Volodya