id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
2079	Boost.Build needs to support Mac OS X out of the box	Daryle Walker	Marshall Clow	"[I'm writing this out of anger.]

I'm trying out (again) the Boost.Build system on my Mac OS X 10.4.11 PowerPC system.  I'm using a subversion working copy as my Boost base.  The directions for the general GCC generally crash and burn.  The documentation occasionally mentions the darwin keyword for Apple's special GCC, but there's isn't enough information to know how to use it.  I'm currently struggling with support over one of our mailing lists.

I think that nearly no one uses a generic GCC on the Mac (for cross-compiles or bleeding edge); they'll almost always use Apple's special GCC (to create Mac programs).  So why the heck isn't full-blown Mac OS X support baked in the example configuration files (and documentation) out of the box?

"	Bugs	closed	Boost 1.36.0	Building Boost	Boost 1.35.0	Problem	fixed	build mac