lib ACE : : <file>ACE_Wrappers/lib/libACE.dylib ;

When I run bjam, this is what I get:

  Error: ambiguity found when searching for best transformation

  Trying to produce type 'LIB' from:

    -  builtin.prebuilt

    -  darwin.prebuilt

  First generator produced:

   -  { ACE_Wrappers/lib/libACE.dylib.SHARED_LIB }

  Second generator produced:

   -  { ACE_Wrappers/lib/libACE.dylib.SHARED_LIB }

Mucking thru darwin.jam, gcc.jam, unix.jam, and generators.jam, I think the problem is that the generators.override calls in darwin.jam are not correct (and perhaps gcc.jam as well). Currently, darwin.jam has:

  generators.override builtin.lib-generator : darwin.prebuilt ;

  generators.override darwin.searched-lib-generator : searched-lib-generator ;

If I change these to *just* this one line:

  generators.override darwin.prebuilt : builtin.lib-generator ;

then all works just fine. Also, it appears that the link action in darwin.jam is invoked instead of link.dll for shared libraries, at least for release builds. The linker fails because the -s option removes relocation information (I think). The gcc.jam file has a hack when running on darwin which puts the '-s' flag into ST_OPTIONS, presumably for static linking, and the link.dll action in darwin.jam indeed does not use this flag. However, link.dll is not invoked for shared libraries - the link action is and it does use ST_OPTIONS. Right now I've simply removed ST_OPTIONS from the link action so I can create release libraries.

Regards,

Brad