Re: boost build v2-10 at MacOS X

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-10-12 10:05:35

Hi Akim,

> Hi. I had to download night build for boost build script v2-10, to use
> them on MacOSX, and had found some errors.
> gcc.jam:
> while compiling multy-thread application with gcc on MacOS Panther
> bjam try to link with -lrt, while there no such library on MacOS. This
> is because bjam identefy MacOSX(darwin) like noBSD OS in
> gcc.jam(230-258) and fall to default values, with FINDLIBS-SA -lrt.

IIRC, gcc.jam is not supposed to work on MacOS, and darwin should be used
instead.

> darwin.jam
> now actions in darwin.jam and gcc.jam haad begin with
> $(CONFIG_COMMAND), and so had no gcc or g++ command while
> darwin.compile.* and so on actions. I just change $(CONFIG_COMMAND) to
> $(CONFIG_COMMAND:E=g++) like it was in v2-9

This can happen only if Boost.Build can't find g++ anywhere? Is any warning
printed? How do you initialize darwin toolset?

- Volodya