Re: [boost] HP regression tests

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-19 09:45:55

"John Maddock" <john_maddock_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Toon,
>
> There are a couple of config issues arising from the HP regression tests
> (and thanks for running these BTW):
>
> The output from config_info is not showing up in the report (which is really
> the reason for the extra queries below), try deleting
> boost-path/status/bin/config_info.test/ before you next run the tests.
>
> The compiler seems not to support template templates according to the
> config_test failure.  We currently have:
>
> #if (__HP_aCC <= 33900)
> #    define BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_TEMPLATES
> #    define BOOST_NO_MEMBER_TEMPLATE_KEYWORD
> #    define BOOST_NO_UNREACHABLE_RETURN_DETECTION
> #endif
>
> which I presume needs updating?  What is the latest __HP_aCC version number?
>
> The thread code is all failing, probably because the jam toolset is not set
> up correctly, according to the online docs at:
> http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/dev/aCC/a_03_26/threads.htm we need to
> set:
>
> -D_RWSTD_MULTI_THREAD -D_REENTRANT
>
> when compiling and add -lpthread to the linker, I can't find any reference
> to the -mt option that is currently in the jam toolset.

There's another reason, probably.  HP has what they call "incomplete
pthread support".  I explicitly enabled threading in the HP OS config
because I didn't think a partial implementation should prevent us from
testing.

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