I'm getting an error when I'm trying to build boost libraries for ARM on Windows. I'm using gcc "arm-linux-gnueabi" cross compiler that works just fine on the Eclipse ARM DS-5 platform. But I need to build Boost libraries manually for ARM first in order to use them in Eclipse.
I followed these instructions for cross-compilation but there is still an error occurring when I run b2 toolset=gcc-arm target-os=linux in windows cmd:
C:\boost\boost_1_82_0>b2 toolset=gcc-arm target-os=linux
C:/boost/boost_1_82_0/tools/build/src/util\numbers.jam:23: in numbers.check from module numbers
error: arm in arm
error: is not a number
C:/boost/boost_1_82_0/tools/build/src/build\version.jam:110: in version.version-compatible from module version
C:/boost/boost_1_82_0/tools/build/src/tools\common.jam:1132: in common.find-compiler from module common
C:/boost/boost_1_82_0/tools/build/src/tools\gcc.jam:165: in gcc.init from module gcc
C:/boost/boost_1_82_0/tools/build/src/build\toolset.jam:44: in toolset.using from module toolset
C:/boost/boost_1_82_0/tools/build/src\build-system.jam:543: in process-explicit-toolset-requests from module build-system
C:/boost/boost_1_82_0/tools/build/src\build-system.jam:610: in load from module build-system
C:/boost/boost_1_82_0/tools/build/src/kernel\modules.jam:294: in import from module modules
C:/boost/boost_1_82_0/tools/build/src/kernel/bootstrap.jam:135: in module scope from module
Tried all sorts of editing the user-config.jam, editing the gcc PATH and the b2 command, but none of it helped.
I created my own "user-config.jam" in boost directory root and added this line into it: using gcc : arm : arm-linux-gnueabi-g++ ;
The gcc compiler is added to PATH, this is the output of gcc -v in cmd:
C:\boost\boost_1_82_0>gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=gcc
Target: arm-linux-gnueabihf
Configured with: /cbuild/slaves/oorts/crosstool-ng/builds/arm-linux-gnueabihf-win32/.build/src/gcc-linaro-4.8-2014.04/configure --build=i686-build_pc-linux-gnu --host=i586-host_pc-mingw32msvc --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf --prefix=/cbuild/slaves/oorts/crosstool-ng/builds/arm-linux-gnueabihf-win32/install --with-sysroot=/cbuild/slaves/oorts/crosstool-ng/builds/arm-linux-gnueabihf-win32/install/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran --enable-multilib --with-arch=armv7-a --with-tune=cortex-a9 --with-fpu=vfpv3-d16 --with-float=hard --with-pkgversion='crosstool-NG linaro-1.13.1-4.8-2014.04 - Linaro GCC 4.8-2014.04' --with-bugurl=https://bugs.launchpad.net/gcc-linaro --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-libmudflap --enable-libgomp --enable-libssp --with-gmp=/cbuild/slaves/oorts/crosstool-ng/builds/arm-linux-gnueabihf-win32/.build/arm-linux-gnueabihf/build/static --with-mpfr=/cbuild/slaves/oorts/crosstool-ng/builds/arm-linux-gnueabihf-win32/.build/arm-linux-gnueabihf/build/static --with-mpc=/cbuild/slaves/oorts/crosstool-ng/builds/arm-linux-gnueabihf-win32/.build/arm-linux-gnueabihf/build/static --with-isl=/cbuild/slaves/oorts/crosstool-ng/builds/arm-linux-gnueabihf-win32/.build/arm-linux-gnueabihf/build/static --with-cloog=/cbuild/slaves/oorts/crosstool-ng/builds/arm-linux-gnueabihf-win32/.build/arm-linux-gnueabihf/build/static --with-libelf=/cbuild/slaves/oorts/crosstool-ng/builds/arm-linux-gnueabihf-win32/.build/arm-linux-gnueabihf/build/static --enable-threads=posix --disable-libstdcxx-pch --enable-linker-build-id --enable-gold --with-local-prefix=/cbuild/slaves/oorts/crosstool-ng/builds/arm-linux-gnueabihf-win32/install/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc --enable-c99 --enable-long-long --with-mode=thumb --with-float=hard
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.8.3 20140401 (prerelease) (crosstool-NG linaro-1.13.1-4.8-2014.04 - Linaro GCC 4.8-2014.04)
This is how Eclipse platform uses the cross compiler. Everything works fine in Eclipse.
I will be thankful for any ideas and comments.
This may be related to the way you are specifying the C++ compiler to be used in your configuration file.
The following procedure is working for me, although using a different version of g++, but this is highly likely irrelevant to your current issue:
Assuming the Download Visual Studio Tools are already installed and in your executable path:
certutil.exe -urlcache -split -f " https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release/1.82.0/source/boost_1_82_0.7z" boost_1_82_0.7z7z x boost_1_82_0.7zboost_1_82_0bootstrap.batuser-config.jam in the boost_1_82_0 directory with the following content - you obviously have to use the path for your g++ in this file:using gcc : arm : D:\\opt\\arm\\10\\gcc-arm-10.3-2021.07-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf\\bin\\arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-g++ ;b2 toolset=gcc-arm target-os=linux --user-config=user-config.jamAfter some time, the following message should be displayed:
The Boost C++ Libraries were successfully built!
The following directory should be added to compiler include paths:
D:\boost_1_82_0
The following directory should be added to linker library paths:
D:\boost_1_82_0\stage\lib
D:\boost_1_82_0>
Verifying the libraries were built:
D:\boost_1_82_0> dir D:\boost_1_82_0\stage\lib\*.a
D:\boost_1_82_0> dir D:\boost_1_82_0\stage\lib\*.a
Volume in drive D is DATA
Volume Serial Number is 0E12-BCA2
Directory of D:\boost_1_82_0\stage\lib
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