Re: [Boost-users] It is possible to build a static version of boost for the MACOS

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] It is possible to build a static version of boost for the MACOS
From: Mat Marcus (mat-lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-10-06 15:07:34

On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 9:47 AM, Rush Manbert <rush_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> On Oct 4, 2008, at 3:08 PM, Sachin Garg wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 1:11 AM, Rush Manbert <rush_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Oct 3, 2008, at 6:30 AM, kittymaguire wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> When I put -static into the linker options, I get a lot of linker
>>>> errors.
>>>> So
>>>> I don't think a static version is possible on the MAC.
>>>>
>>>> How can I built each library that I need into a framework for the MAC?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Vladimir Prus-3 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> kittymaguire wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have tried to build the boost libraries on the MacOS as a static
>>>>>> library
>>>>>> by giving bjam the --buid_type=static but it still built the dynamic
>>>>>> version
>>>>>> of the libraries.
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Here is a bjam command line that builds the 32 bit libraries, debug and
>>> release versions, both static and dynamic, targeted to Os X 10.4, with
>>> 10.4
>>> as the minimum supported rev. It also installs them. You will need to
>>> adjust
>>> the path stuff to use it.
>>>
>>> bjam debug release toolset=darwin address-model=32 architecture=combined
>>> threading=multi link=shared,static macosx-version=10.4
>>> macosx-version-min=10.4 --layout=system
>>> --prefix=/tmp/boostbuild_20081003_104356/32
>>> --exec-prefix=/tmp/boostbuild_20081003_104356/32
>>> --builddir=./../buildProductsMac/boost install
>>>
>>>
>>> Here's the equivalent for 64 bit libaries.
>>>
>>> bjam debug release toolset=darwin address-model=64 architecture=combined
>>> threading=multi link=shared,static macosx-version=10.4
>>> macosx-version-min=10.4 --layout=system
>>> --prefix=/tmp/boostbuild_20081003_104356/64
>>> --exec-prefix=/tmp/boostbuild_20081003_104356/64
>>> --builddir=./../buildProductsMac/boost install
>>>
>>
>> Why the need to specify OsX version? (I am new to OsX development)
>> _______________________________________________
>
> By default, you get targeted to the current version, which is 10.5. If you
> need to be compatible with previous versions, you need to specify. I
> honestly don't quite know what the difference is between macosx-version and
> macosx-version-min, because I'm not the one who worked out what command line
> we needed. If you use Xcode, you will see that you can specify which SDK
> version you target there as well, to support backward compatibility.

macosx-version: which version of the SDK to use
macosx-version-min: oldest OS version on which executables will be deployed

I'm not sure why the suggestion was made to set prefix and exec-prefix

 - Mat