Re: [boost] bjam - help please

Subject: Re: [boost] bjam - help please
From: Edward Grace (ej.grace_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-08-23 10:45:41

On 23 Aug 2009, at 15:27, Steven Watanabe wrote:

> AMDG
>
> Edward Grace wrote:
>>
[snip]
>>
>>     "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?

It sayeth various things, the default Apple vended compiler is:

$ g++ --version
i686-apple-darwin8-g++-4.0.1 (GCC) 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build  
5370)
Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There  
is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR  
PURPOSE.

The one I want to use is:

$ g++-4 --version
g++-4 (GCC) 4.4.0
Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There  
is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR  
PURPOSE.

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