Re: [Boost-build] Patch for building Boost 1.40 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Patch for building Boost 1.40 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard
From: Ian Emmons (iemmons_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-14 14:35:42

I second the request for a patch for this issue to get into the next  
release, at least the portion of the patch that removes the -m64  
option from the command line.  This is really important for Macintosh  
developers.

Thanks,

Ian

On Oct 14, 2009, at 10:26 AM, Michael Jackson wrote:
> I applied bits and pieces of your patch on an OS X 10.5.8 Intel  
> system and am currently compiling boost 1.40.0.
>
> Wondering if this patch can make it into the boost 1.40.1 release or  
> what ever patch release is coming out next.
>
> This was my command:
>
> bjam toolset=darwin --with-test --with-filesystem --with- 
> program_options --with-iostreams --with-thread variant=release,debug  
> threading=multi link=static runtime-link=shared --prefix=/Users/ 
> Shared/Toolkits/boost-1_40/ -layout=tagged architecture=combined  
> address-model=32_64 install
>
> --
> Mike Jackson <www.bluequartz.net>
>
> On Oct 2, 2009, at 12:58 PM, Michael Jackson wrote:
>
>> Part of your statements need some clarification:
>>
>> The version of GCC that OS X 10.6 ships with (4.2.x) WILL indeed  
>> create 4-way binaries (32 and 64 Bit PPC and x86) when using the  
>> 10.5 SDK which is entirely possible for someone to do considering  
>> that a developer is using OS X 10.6 but wants to target earlier  
>> versions of OS X running on Both PPC and Intel hardware.
>>
>> I have not looked at the patches but you will probably need to  
>> interrogate what SDK the developer is using before hard-setting any  
>> rules about what arguments can and can not be used.
>>
>> _________________________________________________________
>> Mike Jackson                  mike.jackson_at_[hidden]
>> BlueQuartz Software                    www.bluequartz.net
>> Principal Software Engineer                  Dayton, Ohio
>>
>> On Oct 2, 2009, at 11:11 AM, Stuart A. Malone wrote:
>>
>>> Today I took the time to patch my local copy of Boost 1.40 to  
>>> allow building under Snow Leopard.  You can see discussions about  
>>> this problem in places like:
>>>
>>> <http://continuous.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/building-boost-on-mac-os-x-10-6-with-xcode-3-2/ 
>>> >
>>>
>>> <http://archives.free.net.ph/message/20090903.114048.e961e539.en.html 
>>> >
>>>
>>> My patches address two problems:
>>>
>>> - The -m64 option is incompatible with the generation of 32-bit  
>>> binaries
>>>
>>> - Versions of Apple's gcc 4.2 and later do not support generation  
>>> of ppc64 binaries
>>>
>>> Since my company uses both gcc 4.0 and gcc 4.2, I wanted a  
>>> solution that still supports ppc64 binaries when using gcc 4.0,  
>>> but avoids creating ppc64 binaries under gcc 4.2 and later.  I  
>>> believe these patches solve the problem and provide optimal  
>>> behavior under both Leopard and Snow Leopard, gcc 4.0 and 4.2.1.
>>>
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>>
>>> --Stuart A. Malone
>>> Llamagraphics, Inc.
>>> Makers of Life Balance personal coaching software
>>> http://www.llamagraphics.com/
>>>
>>>
>>> <snow-leopard-patch.txt>