Re: [Boost-build] building boost libs hangs

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-12-01 13:10:13

On Monday 26 November 2007 11:27:42 Kowalke Oliver (QD IT PA AS) wrote:
> Hello,
> I try to build boost 1.34.1 on RHEL4 (RedHat) but its doesn't finish:
> 
> tools/jam/src/bin.linuxx86/bjam --prefix=/opt/ebsjm/boost-1_34_1 --toolset=gcc --with-thread install -d 4
> 
> LINUX
> 
> make    --      all
> make    --      all
> time    --      all: unbound
> make    --       <p/opt/ebsjm/boost-1_34_1/include/boost-1_34/boost>iostreams/device/mapped_file.hpp
> make    --       <p/opt/ebsjm/boost-1_34_1/include/boost-1_34/boost>iostreams/device/mapped_file.hpp
> bind    --       <p/opt/ebsjm/boost-1_34_1/include/boost-1_34/boost>iostreams/device/mapped_file.hpp: /opt/ebsjm/boost-1_34_1/include/boost-1_34/boost/iostreams/device/mapped_file.hpp
> time    --       <p/opt/ebsjm/boost-1_34_1/include/boost-1_34/boost>iostreams/device/mapped_file.hpp: missing
> make    --        /opt/ebsjm/boost-1_34_1/include/boost-1_34/boost
> make    --        /opt/ebsjm/boost-1_34_1/include/boost-1_34/boost
> time    --        /opt/ebsjm/boost-1_34_1/include/boost-1_34/boost: missing
> make    --         /opt/ebsjm/boost-1_34_1/include/boost-1_34
> make    --         /opt/ebsjm/boost-1_34_1/include/boost-1_34
> time    --         /opt/ebsjm/boost-1_34_1/include/boost-1_34: missing
> make    --          /opt/ebsjm/boost-1_34_1/include
> make    --          /opt/ebsjm/boost-1_34_1/include
> time    --          /opt/ebsjm/boost-1_34_1/include: missing
> make    --           /opt/ebsjm/boost-1_34_1
> make    --           /opt/ebsjm/boost-1_34_1
> time    --           /opt/ebsjm/boost-1_34_1: Fri Nov 23 09:02:43 2007
> make    --            /opt/ebsjm
> make    --            /opt/ebsjm
> time    --            /opt/ebsjm: Fri Nov 23 09:02:43 2007
> make    --             /opt
> make    --             /opt
> 
> And now it hangs (under bin.v2/libs/ objects for thread lib are build but no library is installed and no header files are copied to the desdination).
> Could you give me a hint what is going wrong, please?

Can you:

1. Establish if it's bjam or a compiler that hangs?
2. If that's bjam, build it with debug info ("./build.sh --debug") and
when it hangs, attach to it with gdb and get a backtrace?

- Volodya