trouble building boost when there is only partial GCC installation
I am trying to build boost on solaris9 where there is only a partial GCC installation. Version 3.4.6 of g++ is installed but the vendor linker is the only linker available (this cannot be changed, there are no SAs and I do not know the root password). I have already found there are lots of compilation errors unless I say -with-icu=no". But I am getting errors now when it tries to invoke the linker. It looks like it assumes the GCC (binutils) linker is available if the GCC compiler is being used. Here's what I get: ...updating 70 targets... gcc.link.dll bin.v2/libs/serialization/build/gcc-3.4.6/debug/threading-multi/libboost_seri alization-gcc34-mt-d-1_34_1.so.1.34.1 /usr/ccs/bin/ld: illegal option -- - /usr/ccs/bin/ld: illegal option -- - /usr/ccs/bin/ld: illegal option -- g ld: warning: option -o appears more than once, first setting taken /usr/ccs/bin/ld: illegal option -- - usage: ld [-6:abc:d:e:f:h:il:mo:p:rstu:z:B:CD:F:GI:L:M:N:P:Q:R:S:VY:?] file(s) [-64] enforce a 64-bit link-edit [rest of output snipped] I presume this error would go away if the GCC ld was used. Unfortunately I cannot test that theory because I cannot install ld. Just adding the GCC ld to my PATH on the front does not stop the vendor ld from being used. I suspect that because g++ was linked using the vendor linker, it will always use the vendor linker. In which case I think there is a problem in the boost build. Regards, Andrew Marlow ---- There is an emerald here the size of a plover's egg! Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html Plain text mails only, please http://www.expita.com/nomime.html --- This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. Please refer to http://www.db.com/en/content/eu_disclosures.htm for additional EU corporate and regulatory disclosures.
On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 11:01:20AM +0000, Andrew Marlow wrote:
I am trying to build boost on solaris9 where there is only a partial GCC installation. Version 3.4.6 of g++ is installed but the vendor linker is the only linker available (this cannot be changed, there are no SAs and I do not know the root password). I have already found there are lots of
You can also install gcc as ordinary user. gcc's configure script would probably recognize your linker. I'm sure it's easier to compile gcc than boost on such a system ...
I presume this error would go away if the GCC ld was used. Unfortunately I cannot test that theory because I cannot install ld. Just adding the GCC ld to my PATH on the front does not stop the vendor ld from being used. I suspect that because g++ was linked using the vendor linker, it will always use the vendor linker. In which case I think there is a problem in the boost build.
Mmh, strange but possible ... Jens
boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org wrote on 10/01/2008 15:59:19:
On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 11:01:20AM +0000, Andrew Marlow wrote:
I am trying to build boost on solaris9 where there is only a partial GCC installation. Version 3.4.6 of g++ is installed but the vendor linker is the only linker available
I presume this error would go away if the GCC ld was used. Unfortunately I cannot test that theory because I cannot install ld. Just adding the GCC ld to my PATH on the front does not stop the vendor ld from being used. I suspect that because g++ was linked using the vendor linker, it will always use the vendor linker. In which case I think there is a problem in the boost build.
Mmh, strange but possible ...
Jens
It's more than possible -- it's happening :-) Can anyone else using boost with GCC verify this please? Regards, Andrew Marlow ---- There is an emerald here the size of a plover's egg! Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html Plain text mails only, please http://www.expita.com/nomime.html --- This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. Please refer to http://www.db.com/en/content/eu_disclosures.htm for additional EU corporate and regulatory disclosures.
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