Re: [Boost-users] Compilation problem with 1.37.0 on OS X

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Compilation problem with 1.37.0 on OS X
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-02-06 19:25:14

AMDG

Stephen Blinkhorn wrote:
> Hello Boost people,  I have problems compiling a project after 
> upgrading to Boost 1.37.0 from an earlier version, dating back to July 
> 08 ish.  This is on Mac OS X 10.5.6, XCode 3.1 etc.  Swapping back to 
> my older Boost install resolves all problems.  Errors:
>
> Precompiling 
> /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Headers/AppKit.h 
>
> powerpc-apple-darwin9-gcc-4.0.1: installation problem, cannot exec 
> '/Developer/usr/bin/../libexec/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin9/4.0.1/cc1obj': 
> Argument list too long
>
> I don't understand why this causes problems, happens on two different 
> machines after reinstalling GCC etc. Curious.

My guess is that upgrading Boost causes the names of one or more 
files/directories
to be longer than they were with the old Boost.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe