[Boost-users] Building Boost on Mac OS X

From: John Meinel (boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-09 18:29:12

I've been trying to build boost-1_31_0 on Mac OSX (10.3.5). I first 
tried with the default compiler, and then I installed XCode 1.5 to get 
gcc build 1666, which seems to be what is listed on the main site.

After all this, the problem I get is:

        c++ unrecognized option `-shared'

As near as I can tell, it builds everything except for the shared 
libraries. I would really prefer to use the shared libraries, though if 
I can get my program to compile against the static it probably would be 
okay.

Does anywone know of a workaround? I read something online that said 
"try using -G instead of -shared", but that just gave me -G as an 
unrecognized option.

I'm trying to build CVS right now, but I don't know how stable/etc it 
is. I would much rather use a release, because if I download it later, I 
know it will still be the same code.

Any pointers would be appreciated.

John
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