bjam hangs when building libs/python/examples/quickstart under MacOS X

[konrad.hinsen@…]

Note: This is the same bug as the one reported in ticket #2185. Since I could not re-open the ticket for lack of permissions, I now open a new one.

After compilation/installation of Boost, trying to build the Boost.Python example in libs/python/examples/quickstart makes bjam hang after executing the step

darwin.link.dll bin/darwin-4.0.1/debug/extending.so

The library file extending.so is still built (apparently correctly), but bjam does not continue after this step. By running the link command line (obtained with bjam -n -a) directly in the terminal, I have verified that it is not the linker that hangs.

Tested with Boost 1.36.0 under MacOS 10.4.11 (Intel and PowerPC).

[Marshall Clow]

Finally got a chance to set up a machine. PowerPC Mac mini running 10.4.11; Xcode 2.5; bjam 3.1.16; Boost 1.36.0 (release). My user-config.jam looks like this:

import toolset : using ; using darwin ;
using python : 2.3 ;

cd libs/python/examples/quickstart ; bjam gives me a whole bunch of output, then darwin.link.dll bin/darwin-4.0.1/debug/extending.o , where it appears to hang, but if I wait, that command completes and the build continues and completes successfully.

How _exactly_ is this different from your setup?

[Marshall Clow]

Haven't heard from Konrad in three months; closing.

[Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen@…>]

The problem is apparently solved in 1.37, which installs fine out of the box on my machine.