[Boost-users] Re: building boost libraries on Solaris

From: Christopher Currie (christopher_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-12-15 16:27:53

K. Herman Chen wrote:
> Has anyone built Boost Libraries using Sun/Solaris CC?
> I first built bjam using gcc on Solaris. But in the next
> step, 'bjam "-sTOOLS=CC"' (ie Solaris CC), it failed 
> miserably. Since CC is not in the Supported Toolsets, does
> it mean I cannot build Boost libraries using Sun/Solaris CC?

First of all, the appropriate toolset is 'sunpro', i.e., 'bjam
"-sTOOLS=sunpro"'. Secondly, the amount of success you will have depends
on the version of Sun CC you are using. I run weekly regressions
(http://boost.sourceforge.net/regression-logs/cs-SunOS.html) against
version 5.4, or SunONE Studio 7 (the latest version is 8, CC 5.5). A
considerably large numbers of libraries fail, so your mileage may vary.
Any version of CC earlier than 5.4 is pretty much out of luck.

Christopher