Re: [Boost-build] bjam for Mac OS X

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] bjam for Mac OS X
From: Gevorg Voskanyan (v_gevorg_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-02-22 03:28:04

er wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have OSX 10.6.6. Calling the default,
>  sudo bjam  toolset=darwin
> works fine. However, I'd like to run a test suite on different  compilers. I 
>need some guidance in setting up user-config.jam and invoking bjam.  Here's what 
>I did so far:
> 
> In  /usr/local/boost-trunk/tools/build/v2/user-config.jam I added,

IMO it is better to place these declarations in ~/user-config.jam rather than 
modifying the one in Boost.

> #  ----------------------
> # Darwin configuration.
> #  ----------------------
> using darwin : 4.0 : g++-4.0;
> using darwin : 4.2 :  g++-4.2;

Whitespace is important in jamfiles. Tokens should always be separated by 
whitespace. Here, you're missing a space before semicolon. Try adding space 
before ; everywhere, and it should work better.

> # ----------------------
> # Clang configuration.
> #  ----------------------
> using clang : 4.2 :  "/usr/llvm-gcc-4.2/bin/llvm-g++-4.2";
> 
> # ----------------------
> # GCC  configuration. (ported from unix using fink)
> #  ----------------------
> using gcc : 4.4 :  "/sw/lib/gcc4.4/bin/g++";
> 
> 
> I invoke bjam like this
> 
>  sudo bjam  toolset=darwin-4.2
> 
> but it gives  this:
> 
> /usr/local/boost-trunk/tools/build/v2/build/toolset.jam:38: in  toolset.using
> *** argument error
> * rule darwin.init ( version ? : command  * : options * : requirement * )
> * called with: ( 4.0 : g++-4.0; using darwin  : 4.2 : g++-4.2; using gcc : 4.4 
>: /sw/lib/gcc4.4/bin/g++; using xsltproc  :  :  )
> * extra argument  4.4
> /usr/local/boost-trunk/tools/build/v2/tools/darwin.jam:79:see definition  of 
>rule 'init' being  called
> /usr/local/boost-trunk/tools/build/v2/build/project.jam:886: in  using
> /usr/local/boost-trunk/tools/build/v2/user-config.jam:82: in  modules.load
> /usr/local/boost-trunk/tools/build/v2/build-system.jam:257: in  load-config
> /usr/local/boost-trunk/tools/build/v2/build-system.jam:399: in  
>load-configuration-files
> /usr/local/boost-trunk/tools/build/v2/build-system.jam:554:  in load
> /usr/local/boost-trunk/tools/build/v2/kernel/modules.jam:283: in  import
> /usr/local/boost-trunk/tools/build/v2/kernel/bootstrap.jam:142: in  
boost-build
> /usr/local/boost-trunk/boost-build.jam:17: in module  scope
> 
> Thanks.

HTH,
Gevorg