Re: [Boost-users] Building Boost on Mac OS X

From: Thomas Lemaire (thomas.lemaire_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-10 01:41:53

 > "try using -G instead of -shared", but that just gave me -G as an
 > unrecognized option.

I would rather recommend using -dynamiclib instead of -shared

thomas

John Meinel wrote:
> 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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