Re: [boost] [1.34.0] failed to build shared libs on HP/UX

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-15 10:37:09

Oliver.Kowalke_at_[hidden] wrote:
> Hello, 
> 
>> Oliver.Kowalke_at_[hidden] wrote:
>>>  
>>> Hello,
>>> I tried to install boost-1.34 on HP/UX 11.11 with gcc-4.1.0.
>>> I get only static libraries installed - shared libraries 
>> are missing. 
>>> It seams that the creation shared libraries is not set as default.
>>>
>>>  bjam --prefix=/opt/boost --toolset=gcc --link=shared install
>>>
>>> Doesn't work.
>>>
>>> Oliver
> 
>> Oliver -
>>
>> By chance, does this work?
>>
>>   bjam --prefix=/opt/boost --toolset=gcc link=shared install
>>
>>
>> michael
> 
> No it doesn't work (bjam --prefix=/opt/boost --toolset=gcc --with-thread
> link=shared install):
> 
> ...failed gcc.link.dll
> bin.v2/libs/thread/build/gcc-4.1.0/debug/threading-multi/libboost_thread
> -gcc41-mt-d-1_34.so.1.34.0...
> ...skipped <p/opt/boost/lib>libboost_thread-gcc41-mt-d-1_34.so.1.34.0
> for lack of
> <pbin.v2/libs/thread/build/gcc-4.1.0/debug/threading-multi>libboost_thre
> ad-gcc41-mt-d-1_34.so.1.34.0...
> ...skipped <p/opt/boost/lib>libboost_thread-gcc41-mt-d.so for lack of
> <p/opt/boost/lib>libboost_thread-gcc41-mt-d-1_34.so.1.34.0...

OK, so the building tries to work, the problem is...

> gcc.link.dll
> bin.v2/libs/thread/build/gcc-4.1.0/release/threading-multi/libboost_thre
> ad-gcc41-mt-1_34.so.1.34.0
> /usr/ccs/bin/ld: Unrecognized argument: --start-group
> /usr/ccs/bin/ld: Usage:  /usr/ccs/bin/ld [options] [flags] files

That the gcc toolset in Boost.Build, afaict, doesn't have handling for 
linker. It shouldn't be hard to add such support, as we already handle a 
few other linkers.