Boost Libraries using build.zig.
Replacing the CMake and B2 build system.
Important
For C++ projects, zig c++ uses LLVM's libunwind + libc++ (statically linked) by default. This applies to all targets except MSVC, which uses -nostdlib++ instead.
- zig v0.15.1 or master
Build libraries
# Build no-header-only libraries $ zig build -Doptimize=<Debug|ReleaseSafe|ReleaseFast|ReleaseSmall> \ -Dtarget=<triple-target> \ --summary <all|new> \ -Dcontext \ -Djson \ -Dsystem \ -Dcontainer \ -Dcobalt \ -DfilesystemProject-Specific Options: -Dtarget=[string] The CPU architecture, OS, and ABI to build for -Dcpu=[string] Target CPU features to add or subtract -Ddynamic-linker=[string] Path to interpreter on the target system -Doptimize=[enum] Prioritize performance, safety, or binary size Supported Values: Debug ReleaseSafe ReleaseFast ReleaseSmall -Datomic=[bool] Build boost.atomic library (default: false) -Dcharconv=[bool] Build boost.charconv library (default: false) -Dcobalt=[bool] Build boost.cobalt library (default: false) -Dcontainer=[bool] Build boost.container library (default: false) -Dcontext=[bool] Build boost.context library (default: false) -Dexception=[bool] Build boost.exception library (default: false) -Dfiber=[bool] Build boost.fiber library (default: false) -Dfilesystem=[bool] Build boost.filesystem library (default: false) -Diostreams=[bool] Build boost.iostreams library (default: false) -Djson=[bool] Build boost.json library (default: false) -Dlog=[bool] Build boost.log library (default: false) -Dnowide=[bool] Build boost.nowide library (default: false) -Dprocess=[bool] Build boost.process library (default: false) -Dpython=[bool] Build boost.python library (default: false) -Drandom=[bool] Build boost.random library (default: false) -Dregex=[bool] Build boost.regex library (default: false) -Dserialization=[bool] Build boost.serialization library (default: false) -Dstacktrace=[bool] Build boost.stacktrace library (default: false) -Dsystem=[bool] Build boost.system library (default: false) -Durl=[bool] Build boost.url library (default: false) -Dwave=[bool] Build boost.wave library (default: false) -Dshared=[bool] Build as shared library (default: false)Make directory and init
$ zig init ## add in 'build.zig.zon' boost-libraries-zig package $ zig fetch --save=boost git+https://github.com/allyourcodebase/boost-libraries-zigAdd in build.zig
const std = @import("std"); pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void { const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{}); const optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{}); const boost_dep = b.dependency("boost", .{ .target = target, .optimize = optimize, }); const boost_artifact = boost_dep.artifact("boost"); for(boost_artifact.root_module.include_dirs.items) |include_dir| { try exe.root_module.include_dirs.append(b.allocator, include_dir); } // if not header-only, link library exe.linkLibrary(boost_artifact); }Open update_zon.zig and change const boost_version = "boost-version-tagged"; or add/sub url in git_urls list.
zig run -fsingle-threaded update_zon.zigsee: LICENSE