Re: [Boost-build] darwin.jam vs gcc.jam

From: K. Noel Belcourt (kbelco_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-12-09 16:04:29

On Dec 9, 2006, at 1:30 PM, Deane Yang wrote:

> David Abrahams <dave <at> boost-consulting.com> writes:
>
>> What is the difference, please?  They both contain Darwin support.
>> Which one is up-to-date?
>>
>> Unless there's a very good reason for a separate toolset, darwin.jam
>> should be eliminated.
>>
>
> I hope someone more knowledgeable than me will pipe up. I can only  
> say that
> gcc.jam does not work on my Mac (if I remember correctly, it  
> complains that
> "-shared" is not a valid option for gcc), but darwin.jam does.

Support for frameworks such as vecLib is Darwin specific.  There are  
also some compile/link options that are Darwin specific but the only  
one I can think of is -fcoalesce-templates.

-- Noel