Re: [Boost-users] building on OS X with custom gcc version

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] building on OS X with custom gcc version
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-06-24 17:22:57

AMDG

On 06/24/2018 09:16 AM, Damien Hocking via Boost-users wrote:
> I’m trying to get 1.65.1 compiled on OSX 10.13.5.  I have gcc 8.1 installed and I’ve added it to user-config.jam in the home directory.  When I run "bootstrap.sh —with-toolset=gcc" it uses the Darwin gcc toolset, if I try —with-toolset=gcc-8.1 I get an unknown toolset error.
> 
> If I use the Darwin-based gcc version of b2 and try and build with gcc 8.1 I get this series of errors: 
> 
> error: No best alternative for libs/context/build/asm_sources.  
> 

  Can you post the rest of the error?
It should give a list of which alternatives
matched or didn't match.

> and also linker errors from an unknown option -h on ld.  I’m assuming this is because b2 built with Darwin gcc doesn’t have the right options for gcc 8.  Is there a way to force b2 to be built based on gcc 8 so it gets the assembly and linker options right?  
> 
It doesn't matter what compiler you use to build b2.
No toolset information is compiled into the executable.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe