id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc
9306,Linking failure - Building BOOST with gcc-4.8 on Mac OSX,karunreddy30@…,,"Hi,

I am trying to compile boost on mac using gcc-4.8 and getting link errors. I have few reasons for this to be built with gcc and not clang which will deviate the actual issue.
I have built boost with these steps:
1. Edited user-config.jam in /tools/build/v2 and added the following
using gcc : 3.2 : /usr/local/bin/g++-3.2 ;
2. ./bootstrap --prefix=/custom/path
3. ./b2 -d 2 toolset=gcc-4.8

Errors are as below:

{{{
ld: unknown option: -h
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
...failed gcc.link.dll bin.v2/libs/serialization/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/libboost_serialization.dylib...
...skipped <pstage/lib>libboost_wserialization.dylib for lack of <pbin.v2/libs/serialization/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi>libboost_serialization.dylib...
gcc.link.dll stage/lib/libboost_signals.dylib

    ""/usr/local/bin/g++-4.8""  -Wl,-R -Wl,""/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib"" -Wl,-R -Wl,""/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/config""  -o ""stage/lib/libboost_signals.dylib"" -Wl,-h -Wl,libboost_signals.dylib -shared  ""bin.v2/libs/signals/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/trackable.o"" ""bin.v2/libs/signals/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/connection.o"" ""bin.v2/libs/signals/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/named_slot_map.o"" ""bin.v2/libs/signals/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/signal_base.o"" ""bin.v2/libs/signals/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/slot.o""        

ld: unknown option: -R
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
...failed gcc.link.dll stage/lib/libboost_signals.dylib...
gcc.link.dll stage/lib/libboost_prg_exec_monitor.dylib

    ""/usr/local/bin/g++-4.8""  -Wl,-R -Wl,""/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib"" -Wl,-R -Wl,""/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/config""  -o ""stage/lib/libboost_prg_exec_monitor.dylib"" -Wl,-h -Wl,libboost_prg_exec_monitor.dylib -shared  ""bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/execution_monitor.o"" ""bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/debug.o"" ""bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/cpp_main.o""        

ld: unknown option: -R
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
...failed gcc.link.dll stage/lib/libboost_prg_exec_monitor.dylib...
gcc.link.dll stage/lib/libboost_unit_test_framework.dylib

    ""/usr/local/bin/g++-4.8""  -Wl,-R -Wl,""/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib"" -Wl,-R -Wl,""/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/config""  -o ""stage/lib/libboost_unit_test_framework.dylib"" -Wl,-h -Wl,libboost_unit_test_framework.dylib -shared  ""bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/execution_monitor.o"" ""bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/debug.o"" ""bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/compiler_log_formatter.o"" ""bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/exception_safety.o"" ""bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/framework.o"" ""bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/interaction_based.o"" ""bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/logged_expectations.o"" ""bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/plain_report_formatter.o"" ""bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/progress_monitor.o"" ""bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/results_collector.o"" ""bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/results_reporter.o"" ""bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/test_tools.o"" ""bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/unit_test_log.o"" ""bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/unit_test_main.o"" ""bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/unit_test_monitor.o"" ""bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/unit_test_parameters.o"" ""bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/unit_test_suite.o"" ""bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/xml_log_formatter.o"" ""bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/xml_report_formatter.o""        

ld: unknown option: -R
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
...failed gcc.link.dll stage/lib/libboost_unit_test_framework.dylib...
...skipped <pstage/lib>libboost_timer.dylib for lack of <pbin.v2/libs/chrono/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi>libboost_chrono.dylib...
...skipped <pstage/lib>libboost_wave.dylib for lack of <pbin.v2/libs/thread/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi>libboost_thread.dylib...
...failed updating 23 targets...
...skipped 14 targets...

}}}

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