[C++-sig] boost.python on mac os x

[Tom Denniston]

how do I use darwin rather than gcc?

On 4/18/05, Patrick Hartling <patrick.hartling at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/17/05, Tom Denniston <tom.denniston at gmail.com> wrote:
> > When I look at the regression test results for boost I notice that the
> > Darwin platform does not have a result for Boost.Python.  Does this
> > mean that Boost.Python does not support mac os x?  If it does not is
> > this because of something about the mac that makes it particularly
> > difficult to support or is there just a lack of interest in that
> > platform?
> 
> Boost.Python works fine for me on Mac OS X.  I have used Boost.Python
> from the 1.31.0 and 1.32.0 releases of Boost.  From looking through
> many messages on the Boost developer list, I believe that support for
> OS X was improved between 1.31.0 and 1.32.0.  Furthermore, the hard
> work of the Boost developers to get support for OS X solidified in
> Boost in general helped me improve the usability of my own software on
> Mac OS X.
> 
> > Has anyone succeeded in compiling boost.python for mac os x.  When I
> > try I get the following GCC error.  From googling it seems that there
> > is not much you can do about it.
> >
> > The error I get is below:
> >
> > ...failed gcc-Link-action
> > bin/boost/libs/regex/build/libboost_regex.dylib/gcc/debug/shared-linkable-true/libboost_regex-gcc-d-1_32.dylib...
> > gcc-Link-action
> > bin/boost/libs/regex/build/libboost_regex.dylib/gcc/release/shared-linkable-true/libboost_regex-gcc-1_32.dylib
> > c++: unrecognized option `-shared'
> 
> It looks as though you are using the 'gcc' toolset, which is the
> default on OS X.   Try the 'darwin' toolset instead.  I am not sure
> why the 'darwin' toolset is not the default.  There is one caveat,
> however: there is a file in the boost_wserialization library that
> requires more RAM to compile than my PowerBook has.  As such, I
> usually restrict the build so that it either excludes that library or
> so that it only builds the Boost libraries that I am going to use.
> 
> -Patrick
> 
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