Boost Libraries using Zig build-system

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.

Requirements

• zig v0.14.0 or master

How to use

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 \
    -Dfilesystem

Helper

Project-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)

or use in new zig project

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-zig

Add 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);
}

How update zon dependencies

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.zig

License

see: LICENSE