[csw-maintainers] Boost

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi,

I just noticed I missed an (important) word :-)

Am 02.03.2012 um 10:32 schrieb Dagobert Michelsen:
> Am 02.03.2012 um 10:24 schrieb Maciej (Matchek) Bliziński:
>> I started looking at the new Boost. My first attempt to build from
>> subversion trunk resulted in a build log which counted 5584
>> occurrences of the word "error"[1]. There are bits of assembler code
>> that expect v9 and don't build for v8 or v8+
>> 
>> /var/tmp//ccAYaEJg.s: Assembler messages:
>> /var/tmp//ccAYaEJg.s:1320: Error: Architecture mismatch on "cas".
>> /var/tmp//ccAYaEJg.s:1320:  (Requires v9|v9a|v9b; requested architecture is v8.)
> 
> We

can

> go the path of providing 64 bit only for boost enabled stuff.
> In GAR there is the idiom BUILD64_ONLY = 1 which should allow this,
> but currently has issues with detecting isaexecable binaries.
> 
>> Generally, the state of the Solaris build seem to be poor. I asked a
>> question on the boost-build mailing list[2], but got no answers. My
>> repost to the general Boost devel mailing list is awaiting moderation.
>> Maybe I'll have more luck over there.
>> 
>> Has anyone here attempted a Boost build recently? Do you have any
>> tips&trick, e.g. how to integrate a function from gnulib?
> 
> I doubt this is possible as boost has a special license similar to the BSD and
> MIT licenses and I doubt the project will allow code under GPL:
>  http://www.boost.org/users/license.html
> So regardless of the fix gnulib chose, you would either need to rewrite it
> or find a replacement under the appropriate license.
> 
> 
> Best regards
> 
>  -- Dago
> 
>> 
>> Maciej
>> 
>> [1] http://buildfarm.opencsw.org/~maciej/boost-2012-02-29-09-51.log
>> [2] http://lists.boost.org/boost-build/2012/02/25680.php
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