Porting to new Platform (FreeBSD PowerPC64)

[lenoil98]

’m attempting to port to PowerPC64 on FreeBSD. I’m somewhat using the porting instructions and have made all necessary changes. I’ve been successful in almost getting things to work building from the host computer. Things seem to work building the hello-world or compiler, until it gets to linking the executable. Below is what is printed when it stops. Not sure what these “undefined Jam rules" means.

Optimizing library dylan-compiler
Generating code for library dylan-compiler
Linking object files for library dylan-compiler
Saving database for library dylan-compiler
Build of 'dylan-compiler' completed
Linking dylan-compiler
Invoking undefined Jam rule DylanLibrary
Invoking undefined Jam rule DylanLibraryFiles
Invoking undefined Jam rule DylanLibraryBaseAddress
Invoking undefined Jam rule DylanLibraryCHeaders
Invoking undefined Jam rule DylanLibraryRCFiles
Invoking undefined Jam rule DylanLibraryUses
Invoking undefined Jam rule DylanLibraryUses
Invoking undefined Jam rule DylanLibraryUses
Invoking undefined Jam rule DylanLibraryUses
Invoking undefined Jam rule DylanLibraryUses
Invoking undefined Jam rule DylanLibraryUses
Invoking undefined Jam rule DylanLibraryUses
Invoking undefined Jam rule DylanLibraryUses
Invoking undefined Jam rule DylanLibraryUses
Invoking undefined Jam rule DylanLibraryUses
Invoking undefined Jam rule DylanLibraryUses
Invoking undefined Jam rule DylanLibraryUses

Internal error: Link failed: don't know how to build exe
Exiting with return code -1

All compiled files and libraries are deleted. Only the converted "c" files and build log are left.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

[cgay]

Hi, this isn't my are of expertise but here are two pointers that may help until @housel gets a chance to chime in.

• Jam-based Build System
• Jam files for other platforms

[housel]

Yes, you need to have a Jam build script for your platform. Most of the per-platform build scripts are pretty similar; the important thing its the include at the end of posix-build.jam; this is the reason most of the listed rules were undefined.

[lenoil98]

I solved my issue. A ‘space’ was missing before a semicolon on a line in my build script. Everything builds now.

Now I have to debug why hello-world segfaults.