id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc
3683,Build fails on MacOS,Dave Abrahams,Vladimir Prus,"It looks like BB is using some option (-R) that's unknown to the default Mac toolset

{{{
$ bjam gcc --build-dir=/tmp/build --debug-configuration
notice: found boost-build.jam at /Users/dave/src/boost/boost-build.jam
notice: loading Boost.Build from /Users/dave/src/boost/tools/build/v2
notice: Searching /etc /Users/dave /Users/dave/src/boost/tools/build/v2 /usr/share/boost-build /Users/dave/src/boost/tools/build/v2/kernel /Users/dave/src/boost/tools/build/v2/util /Users/dave/src/boost/tools/build/v2/build /Users/dave/src/boost/tools/build/v2/tools /Users/dave/src/boost/tools/build/v2/contrib /Users/dave/src/boost/tools/build/v2/. for site-config configuration file site-config.jam .
notice: Loading site-config configuration file site-config.jam from /Users/dave/src/boost/tools/build/v2/site-config.jam .
notice: Searching /Users/dave /Users/dave/src/boost/tools/build/v2 /usr/share/boost-build /Users/dave/src/boost/tools/build/v2/kernel /Users/dave/src/boost/tools/build/v2/util /Users/dave/src/boost/tools/build/v2/build /Users/dave/src/boost/tools/build/v2/tools /Users/dave/src/boost/tools/build/v2/contrib /Users/dave/src/boost/tools/build/v2/. for user-config configuration file user-config.jam .
notice: Loading user-config configuration file user-config.jam from /Users/dave/user-config.jam .
docutils-dir=
tools-dir= /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/bin
notice: will use 'g++' for gcc, condition <toolset>gcc-4.2
notice: using gcc libraries :: <toolset>gcc-4.2 :: /opt/local/bin /opt/local/lib /opt/local/lib32 /opt/local/lib64
notice: using gcc archiver :: <toolset>gcc-4.2 :: ar
warning: toolset gcc initialization: can not find tool windres
warning: initialized from /Users/dave/src/boost/tools/build/v2/build/project.jam:884
notice: using rc compiler :: <toolset>gcc-4.2 :: as
notice: will use 'g++' for gcc, condition <toolset>gcc-4.4
notice: using gcc libraries :: <toolset>gcc-4.4 :: /opt/local/bin /opt/local/lib /opt/local/lib32 /opt/local/lib64
notice: using gcc archiver :: <toolset>gcc-4.4 :: ar
warning: toolset gcc initialization: can not find tool windres
warning: initialized from /Users/dave/src/boost/tools/build/v2/build/project.jam:884
notice: using rc compiler :: <toolset>gcc-4.4 :: as
notice: iostreams: using prebuilt zlib
notice: iostreams: using prebuilt bzip2
notice: [python-cfg] Configuring python...
notice: [python-cfg] Checking interpreter command ""python""...
notice: [python-cfg] running command '""python"" -c ""from sys import *; print('version=%d.%d\nplatform=%s\nprefix=%s\nexec_prefix=%s\nexecutable=%s' % (version_info[0],version_info[1],platform,prefix,exec_prefix,executable))"" 2>&1'
notice: [python-cfg] ...requested configuration matched!
notice: [python-cfg] Details of this Python configuration:
notice: [python-cfg]   interpreter command: ""python""
notice: [python-cfg]   include path: ""/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/include/python2.6""
notice: [python-cfg]   library path: ""/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/config"" ""/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib""
notice: [python-cfg] framework directory is ""/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework""
...patience...
...patience...
...found 2711 targets...
...updating 434 targets...
gcc.link /tmp/build/boost/bin.v2/libs/python/test/exec.test/gcc-4.2/debug/exec
ld: unknown option: -R
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

    ""g++"" -L""/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib"" -L""/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/config"" -Wl,-R -Wl,""/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib"" -Wl,-R -Wl,""/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/config""  -o ""/tmp/build/boost/bin.v2/libs/python/test/exec.test/gcc-4.2/debug/exec"" -Wl,--start-group ""/tmp/build/boost/bin.v2/libs/python/test/exec.test/gcc-4.2/debug/exec.o"" ""/tmp/build/boost/bin.v2/libs/python/build/gcc-4.2/debug/link-static/libboost_python.a""  -Wl,-Bstatic -lpython2.6 -Wl,-Bdynamic -lpython2.6 -Wl,--end-group -g 


...failed gcc.link /tmp/build/boost/bin.v2/libs/python/test/exec.test/gcc-4.2/debug/exec...
}}}
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