Re: [Boost-build] Unable to build Boost libraries with GCC for ARM Linux

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Unable to build Boost libraries with GCC for ARM Linux
From: Alistair Lowe (ali_lowe_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-10-03 16:54:06

By now I wouldn't have expected this but it turns out that elements of the
compile script didn't like an address with spaces!

It's now compiling .a libraries.

Many thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: Vladimir Prus [mailto:ghost_at_[hidden]] 
Sent: 03 October 2011 19:16
To: boost-build_at_[hidden]
Cc: Alistair Lowe
Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Unable to build Boost libraries with GCC for ARM
Linux

On Monday, October 03, 2011 05:18:34 Alistair Lowe wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> 
> 
> I'm cross-compiling Boost for a Linux distro on an ARM board. I'm 
> using windows with Boost 1.47.
> 
> My project-config.jam contains the following:
> 
> import option ;
> 
> using gcc : arm : "C:/Program Files (x86)/CodeSourcery/Sourcery G++ 
> Lite/bin/arm-none-linux-gnueabi-g++" ;
> 
> option.set keep-going : false ;
> 
> 
> 
> And I'm building with the command:
> 
> bjam toolset=gcc-arm target-os=linux
> 
> Whilst .o objects are building just fine, .a builds are failing 
> usually with something like:
> 
> "C:\Program Files (x86)\CodeSourcery\Sourcery G++ Lite\bin"
> 
> 
> 
> "bin.v2\libs\wav
> e\build\gcc-arm\release\link-static\target-os-linux\threading-multi\li
> bboos
> t _wav e-gcc-mt-1_47.a"
> 
> ...failed gcc.archive
> bin.v2\libs\wave\build\gcc-arm\release\link-static\target-
> os-linux\threading-multi\libboost_wave-gcc-mt-1_47.a... ...skipped 
> libboost_wave-gcc-mt-1_47.a for lack of libboost_wav e-gcc-mt-1_47.a...
> ...failed updating 23 targets... ...skipped 28 targets... ...updated 
> 641 targets...
> 
> I am also getting quote a few of the following error messages:
> 
> '"C:\Program Files (x86)\CodeSourcery\Sourcery G++ Lite\bin"' is not 
> recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or 
> batch file.
> 
> Any ideas guys?

Please open tools/gcc.jam, locate the line that say:

    toolset.flags gcc.archive .AR $(condition) : $(archiver[1]) ;

and add, after it, the following:

        ECHO "AR IS " $(archiver:J=***) ;

Try again and post the output of that echo.

Thanks,

--
Vladimir Prus
http://vladimir_prus.blogspot.com
Boost.Build: http://boost.org/boost-build2