[Boost-users] [serialization/config/build][1.36] cross-compilation of the serialization library fails

From: Mikko Vainio (mikko.vainio_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-20 03:39:01

Hi all,

Building a universal serialization library fails on Mac OS X 10.4 
PowerPC because the linking of x86 versions of no_std_locale_pass and 
no_std_wstreambuf_pass from the config library fail. Execution of

> /bjam --toolset=darwin architecture=combined link=static runtime-link=static threading=single release stage --with-serialization

produces

>     "g++"  -o "bin.v2/libs/config/test/all/no_std_wstreambuf_pass.test/darwin-4.0.1/release/architecture-combined/link-static/runtime-link-static/threading-multi/no_std_wstreambuf_pass" "bin.v2/libs/config/test/all/no_std_wstreambuf_pass.test/darwin-4.0.1/release/architecture-combined/link-static/runtime-link-static/threading-multi/no_std_wstreambuf_pass.o"      -nodefaultlibs -shared-libgcc -lstdc++-static -lgcc_eh -lgcc -lSystem -Wl,-dead_strip -no_dead_strip_inits_and_terms -arch i386 -arch ppc 
>     "/usr/bin/strip" "bin.v2/libs/config/test/all/no_std_wstreambuf_pass.test/darwin-4.0.1/release/architecture-combined/link-static/runtime-link-static/threading-multi/no_std_wstreambuf_pass"
> 
> /usr/libexec/gcc/i686-apple-darwin8/4.0.1/ld: for architecture i386
> /usr/libexec/gcc/i686-apple-darwin8/4.0.1/ld: warning fat file: /usr/lib/gcc/i686-apple-darwin8/4.0.1/../../../libSystem.dylib does not contain an architecture that matches the specified -arch flag: i386 (file ignored)
> /usr/libexec/gcc/i686-apple-darwin8/4.0.1/ld: Undefined symbols:

Seems to me that the config tests try to link against wrong system binaries.

BTW, using 'architecture=combined-x86-power' produces only PowerPC 
binaries, which does not feel right to me.

Cross-compilation of windows binaries on linux using mingw-gcc (from 
http://mingw-cross.sourceforge.net/) fails because of the config test, too.

Any ideas?

Rgds,
Mikko