Re: [boost] HP-UX support

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-11-29 12:16:33

At 06:50 AM 11/29/2002, John Maddock wrote:

 >> I'm willing to run the regression test regularly but I only have access 

 >to
 >an
 >> HPUX 10.20 with aCC version 1.21 installed. But since this compiler
 >does'nt
 >> even support the new-style headers I guess it's of little use.
 >> Next I have trouble finding info on the aCC compilers like the latest
 >> versions availble, the difference between the aCC compilers on HPUX 
10.20
 >and
 >> HPUX 11 etc. It would already be a good start if someone knows all 
these
 >> compilers a little better.
 >
 >Even an old version would be better than nothing, don't forget we have 
the
 >boost std lib compatibility headers in boost/compatibility/cpp_c_headers,
 >which should fix most of the header problems (ditto STLport if you want 
to
 >use that).

Yes, it would be great to add regular testing for HPUX and other UNIX 
platforms.

If an older compiler is the only impediment, please contact me privately. 
Several UNIX compiler vendors have indicated a willingness to contribute a 
current compiler if that would help.

--Beman