Re: [Boost-users] boost on apple gcc 4.2

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-28 18:22:34

Daniel Oberhoff:
> Hi,
>
> Has anyone successfully used boost with the "new" apple gcc 4.2? I
> would like to since gcc42 has openmp, but I cant seem to be able to use
> boost. I compiled and installed boost with apple gcc 4.2 by directly
> using bjam with --toolset=darwin-4.2. When I try to use it I get an
> error (detailed output of gcc below) which hints towards problems with
> inline assembly. Actually, to get it compiled at all I had to set
> -fasm-blocks. Am I missing a flag of sorts? Or is it "just" another woe
> with apple's modified assembler?

Is the new Apple GCC documented somewhere? I wasn't able to find anything 
related to a new assembler syntax or -fasm-blocks. Can you ask Apple to 
explain the issue? Stock g++ 4.2.x compiles the code, so the problem must be 
Apple-specific.