Re: [boost] bjam - help please

Subject: Re: [boost] bjam - help please
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-08-23 10:27:55

AMDG

Edward Grace wrote:
> Since I'm trying to Boostify (is that a legitimate word now? - heck 
> you can verb anything these days) my code, I decided to try bjam:
>
> Gulp, having been weaned on automake and fiends [sic] it looks like it 
> should be easy enough, but I've fallen at the first hurdle:
>
> In Jamroot:
> using gcc : 4.4 : g++-4 ;
> exe example_basic
>     : example_basic.cpp
>     : <include>. ;
>
> The <include>. line, as I understand it will mean the #include <blah> 
> that I use will pick up stuff in the same directory as the source file 
> (this seems ok).
>
> My problem is the link stage,
>
> $ bjam example_basic
> ...found 53 targets...
> ...updating 1 target...
> gcc.link bin/gcc-4.4/debug/example_basic
> /usr/bin/ld: unknown flag: --start-group
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>
>     "g++-4"    -o "bin/gcc-4.4/debug/example_basic" -Wl,--start-group 
> "bin/gcc-4.4/debug/example_basic.o"  -Wl,-Bstatic  -Wl,-Bdynamic  
> -Wl,--end-group -g
>
>
> ...failed gcc.link bin/gcc-4.4/debug/example_basic...
>
>
> I've no idea where all this --start-group stuff comes from -- never 
> seen it before.

What does g++ --version say?

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe