Re: [Boost-users] [Context] Building 32-bit Context?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Context] Building 32-bit Context?
From: Oliver Kowalke (oliver.kowalke_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-09-20 15:06:57

Am 20.09.2012 20:56, schrieb Nat Linden:
> Our product uses many third-party libraries, all built for 32 bits. On
> a couple platforms we still support users with 32-bit systems.
>
> We build our Boost libraries with address-model=32, which has so far
> worked (for the subset of libraries we use) even on 64-bit build
> systems.
>
> Now we would like to introduce Boost.Context. However,
> address-model=32 --with-context causes the Boost build to break on Mac
> OS X.
I think address-model=32 is not necessary: bjam toolset=<> should work
>
> Indeed, the Requirements page [0] for Boost.Context says:
>
> "Please note that address-model=64 must be given to bjam command line
> on 64bit Windows (boost-build issue)."
only if you ant to generate 64bit code
> Does the same boost-build issue affect Mac OS X?
>
> Is there a workaround for this boost-build issue?
should work on Mac OS X - take a look at
http://www.boost.org/development/tests/release/developer/context.html
tests are OK
>
> I don't think we can integrate Boost.Context any time soon if it would
> require converting everything to 64 bits.
>
no