[C++-sig] Boost.Python compiles & links on Darwin

[Harri Hakula]

On Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 08:20 AM, David Abrahams wrote:

> "Nicholas K. Sauter" <nksauter at lbl.gov> writes:
>
>> The build system is based on the scheme proposed by Rene Rivera last
>> November, with the Boost.Python library dynamically linked as a
>> dylib, and the user's module as a bundle.  Python itself must be
>> installed as a Darwin Framework.  It was also necessary to download
>> gcc 3.2.2 from FSF rather than use the pre-installed compiler from
>> Apple.
>
> Heh.  I wonder if Apple has fixed the EH bugs you mention below in
> their local branch of GCC, and they just haven't been rolled back
> into the FSF version yet?
>
Here is a link to a note by Stan Shebs (shebs at apple.com)
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2001-10/msg00585.html
which explains the state of affairs on OSX.
(Assuming the info is still valid for the current gcc Apple is using, 
of course.)

Cheers,

	Harri Hakula