Re: [boost] bjam/cvs usage.

From: Michael Caisse (boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-02-06 22:16:18

Bo -

I'm hardly a boost build expert, but I've jut gotten done converting all 
of my builds to use it. It was a little rocky at first but well worth 
the pain.

First off, what you are dealing with is a Boost.Build issue. You can 
find out more about Boost.Build here: 
http://www.boost.org/tools/build/v2/   I highly recommend reading the 
the "Documentation" link. It was very useful for me at least.

As for the issue you are seeing... the gcc.jam file calls out that when 
link is shared that -fPIC will be added for gcc (non-NT and non-CYGWIN 
builds). I do not see an explicit callout for -fPIC and static 
libraries, which means you will need to add it it. Boost.Build v1 and v2 
have two different ways to specify arguments. What I think you are 
looking for is:

Boost.Build v2

bjam --v2 toolset=gcc cxxflags=-fPIC --with-serialization
--with-iostreams  --with-mpi -j6 -d+2 --prefix=/usr  link=static
install

Also, let me point out that there is a Boost.Build mail group. You can 
find a link on the same web page referenced above.

Best Regards -

Michael

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Michael Caisse
Object Modeling Designs
www.objectmodelingdesigns.com
Bo Peng wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> After numerous attempts, I find that link=static somehow disables the
> addition of cxxflags=-fPIC. I mean, I am able to get static libraries
> built with -fPIC using,
>
>   bjam toolset=gcc/cxxflags=-fPIC --with-serialization
> --with-iostreams  --with-mpi -j6 -d+2 --prefix=/usr  install
>
> but *not* with
>
>   bjam toolset=gcc/cxxflags=-fPIC --with-serialization
> --with-iostreams  --with-mpi -j6 -d+2 --prefix=/usr  link=static
> install
>
> Is this a bjam bug?
>
> Bo
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