Re: [Boost-testing] [v2] gcc.jam on Solaris

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-28 10:35:17

Caleb Epstein wrote:

> I sent a similar message on another thread, but I'm concerned it has
> gotten lost.
> 
> My regression.py runs using BBv2 on Solaris are failing a large number of
> tests due to an invalid command line option being passed to the linker. 
> The problem is that "-Wl,-rpath-link" isn't valid for the Solaris linker
> (see * http://tinyurl.com/jeecl*).
> 
> There seems to be some logic in v2/tools/gcc.jam to handle this (see "case
> sun" in init-link-flags) but later the "actions link bind" explicitly uses
> -Wl,-rpath-link which I believe is the problem.

In theory, for Sun the RPATH_LINK variable should be empty, so the whole:

   -Wl,-rpath-link$(SPACE)-Wl,"$(RPATH_LINK)"  

thingy should disappear completely.
 
> I don't know enough bjam magick to know how to fix this, sorry.

The problem is that V2 has no idea if you're using GNU linker, or a sun
linker, so it needs a bit of help.

Try changing the "using" invocation to this:

      using gcc 
           :  # whatever version you have now, or none
           : <linker-type>sun
           ;

To double-check, you can add 

   ECHO $(linker) ;

right in the beginning of the 'init-link-flags' rule.

- Volodya