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

To build 4-way universal boost static binaries on OSX 10.6 I do the following:

1. Download boost from the boost website.

2. Extract the archive and cd into the boost_1_xx_0 folder (where xx is the version of boost you are using).

3. Run:

   ./bootstrap.sh and then

   ./bjam macosx-version=10.6 macosx-version-min=10.4 architecture=combined threading=multi link=static address-model=32_64

This will compile everything except for Boost.MPI (which requires the --with-mpi option). The build products get put in ./stage