compile Boost as static Universal binary lib

Question

I want to have a static Universal binary lib of Boost. (Preferable the latest stable version, that is 1.43.0, or newer.)

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Answer 1

We use Boost compiled for 10.4 here at work. We don't use GCC 4.2 on it though, rather we use GCC 4.0 as Apple's GCC 4.2 is not supported for the MacOS 10.4 SDK. To accomplish this you need a bjam user config file, eg. user-config-darwin.jam. Here's the contents of ours. Modify to your heart's content:

# Boost.Build Configuration

    # Compiler configuration
using darwin : 8.11 : /usr/bin/g++-4.0 : 
    "combined"
    "32" # this can be changed to 32_64 for 32/64 universal builds
    "10.4"
    "10.4"
#   "/Developer"
    ""
    "" ; 

Then, you need to tell bjam to use the user config jam file when compiling:

bjam --user-config=user-config-darwin.jam ... (your other options go here) ...

Now you don't have to mess with symlinks in the system SDK directories.