Re: [Boost-build] Troubles when trying to cross compile boost 1.3.6 serialization package on CYGWIN for PowerPC

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Troubles when trying to cross compile boost 1.3.6 serialization package on CYGWIN for PowerPC
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-10-27 11:50:32

On Monday 27 October 2008 17:17:36 Ivo Faldini wrote:
> 
> Ok, 
> finally I've succeeded to build the shared libraries ( .so) with the
> 1.37 beta (it's more better than the previous 1.36 regarding jam
> problems) applying only a small patch into gcc.jam ( that still inserts
> --out-implib even that is .so and cross compiler and NOT windows).
> 
> The ugly patch I did is as follows:
> 
> $ diff -u gcc.jam gcc.jam.org
> --- gcc.jam     2008-10-27 16:02:18.406250000 +0200
> +++ gcc.jam.org 2008-10-27 15:10:49.093750000 +0200
> @@ -501,7 +501,7 @@
>  }
> 
>  .IMPLIB-COMMAND = ;
> -if [ os.on-windows ] && !  --cross-compile in [ modules.peek : ARGV ]
> +if [ os.on-windows ]
>  {
>      .IMPLIB-COMMAND = "-Wl,--out-implib," ;
>      generators.register
> 
> I inserted an artificial parameter in bjam:
> Bjam ... --cross-compile ...

Is this windows host, linux target cross?

- Volodya