Re: [Boost-users] [release] Boost 1.62.0 Beta 1

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [release] Boost 1.62.0 Beta 1
From: Tom Kent (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-09-04 19:08:52

On Sun, Sep 4, 2016 at 11:47 AM, Rene Rivera <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 3:11 PM, Tom Kent <lists_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Rene Rivera <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]>
>>  wrote:
>>
>>> The first beta packages for 1.62.0 beta 1 are now available:
>>>
>>>     <https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.61.0.beta.1/>
>>>
>>> The SHA256 checksums are as follows:
>>>
>>>     f7cc83e6a3b03cd7aa8822992aa3e36422cc2214644d69277ef55a4db51f44bd
>>>  boost_1_62_0_b1.7z
>>>     4057993811e40b1fd4719675e44c2550b6c2379546192da2299c17fec9a3dddf
>>>  boost_1_62_0_b1.tar.bz2
>>>     fb0c10b625c5ec47cc837b54740540e400c59571b2eabf427c00f32bffc6ca70
>>>  boost_1_62_0_b1.tar.gz
>>>     b38ef21c43c5ff814a2144bc23871c134164e7f51c71672d0f49a44636fb50b5
>>>  boost_1_62_0_b1.zip
>>>
>>> As always, the release managers would appreciate it if you download
>>> the archive of your choice and give building it a try. Please report
>>> both success and failure, and anything else that is noteworthy.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> -- The release managers
>>>
>>>
>> There were numerous build errors on windows for all versions of visual
>> studio.
>>
>> They seem to all be around the fiber library, for example:
>>
>> compile-c-c++ bin.v2\libs\fiber\build\msvc-8.0\release\address-model-64\link-static\threading-multi\algo\algorithm.obj
>> algorithm.cpp
>> .\boost/fiber/algo/algorithm.hpp(10) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'chrono': No such file or directory
>>
>>     call "C:\Users\tomkent\AppData\Local\Temp\b2_msvc_8.0_vcvarsall_amd64.cmd" >nul
>> cl /Zm800 -nologo @"bin.v2\libs\fiber\build\msvc-8.0\release\address-model-64\link-static\threading-multi\algo\algorithm.obj.rsp"
>>
>>
>>
>> The full build logs can be found here:
>> https://gist.github.com/teeks99/339f2768d09449c30e9cd9a20f749100
>>
>> toolset     arch    compile Link    Execute
>> msvc-8.0    32      ERROR   X       X
>> msvc-8.0    64      ERROR   X       X
>> msvc-9.0    32      ERROR   X       X
>> msvc-9.0    64      ERROR   X       X
>> msvc-10.0   32      ERROR   X       X
>> msvc-10.0   64      ERROR   X       X
>> msvc-11.0   32      ERROR   X       X
>> msvc-11.0   64      ERROR   X       X
>> msvc-12.0   32      ERROR   X       X
>> msvc-12.0   64      ERROR   X       X
>> msvc-14.0   32      ERROR   X       X
>> msvc-14.0   64      ERROR   X       X
>>
>> Compile means that the b2 command completed without errors
>> Install means that the installers for the respective version were
>> generated
>> Link means that visual studio was able to link a sample executable to a
>> library (libboost_thread-vcXXX-
>> mt[-gd]-1_XX.lib) generated
>> Execute means that the linked program executed without errors.
>>
>
> Is it possible to produce binary downloads even with the above errors? Or
> should we be thinking of creating a beta2 release?
>
>
Yes, the binaries did build, with the exception of fiber (I belive that was
the only failing library), so if we want to exclude fiber from the beta,
then we don't need a beta2. It might be better to do a beta 2 that includes
fiber support on windows though.

Tom