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

[Patrick Hartling]

On 4/18/05, Tom Denniston <tom.denniston at gmail.com> wrote:
> how do I use darwin rather than gcc?

Just as described in the documentation for building Boost:

   http://www.boost.org/more/getting_started.html#step5

Just specify the "darwin" toolset.  A brief descrption of  all the
toolsets can also be found on that page, along with links to more
detailed information.

 -Patrick

> 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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