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

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] building on OS X with custom gcc version
From: Damien Hocking (damien_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-06-24 19:32:15

> On Jun 24, 2018, at 11:22 AM, Steven Watanabe via Boost-users <boost-users_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
> 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.

Thanks for the fast response.  

This is the full list:

error: No best alternative for libs/context/build/asm_sources
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>32 <architecture>arm <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>32 <architecture>arm <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>gcc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>32 <architecture>arm <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>qcc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>32 <architecture>arm <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>32 <architecture>arm <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>darwin
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>32 <architecture>arm <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>msvc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>64 <architecture>arm <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>64 <architecture>arm <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>gcc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>64 <architecture>arm <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>aapcs <address-model>64 <architecture>arm <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>darwin
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>o32 <address-model>32 <architecture>mips1 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>o32 <address-model>32 <architecture>mips1 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>gcc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>power <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>power <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>power <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>darwin
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>power <binary-format>xcoff <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>power <binary-format>xcoff <threading>multi <toolset>gcc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>power <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>power <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>gcc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>power <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>power <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>darwin
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>power <binary-format>xcoff <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>power <binary-format>xcoff <threading>multi <toolset>gcc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32_64 <architecture>power <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>gcc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>intel
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>darwin
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>ms <address-model>32 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>clang-win
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>ms <address-model>32 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>gcc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>ms <address-model>32 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>intel
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>ms <address-model>32 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>msvc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>gcc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>intel
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>darwin
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi <toolset>intel
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>ms <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>clang-win
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>ms <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>gcc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>ms <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>intel
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>ms <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>pe <threading>multi <toolset>msvc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>x32 <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>clang
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>x32 <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>gcc
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>x32 <address-model>64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>elf <threading>multi <toolset>intel
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <address-model>32_64 <architecture>x86 <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi
        not matched
    next alternative: required properties: <abi>sysv <architecture>combined <binary-format>mach-o <threading>multi
        not matched

> 
>> 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
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Any idea what the ld unknown option: -h comes from?

Damien