Re: [boost] Test library and Intel CC on Linux

From: Martin Wille (mw8329_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-05-06 06:12:39

Guillaume Melquiond wrote:

> The Boost.Test library is actually broken with Intel CC 7.x on Linux. And
> so are all the libraries that rely on it for their regression suites. This
> regression can be seen on the compiler status page:
>   http://boost.sourceforge.net/regression-logs/cs-linux.html
> 
> To sumarize the problem, the linker finds a lot of undefined reference to
> "boost::throw_exception(std::exception const&)" in the binaries of the
> Test library. The Test library does not even pass its own regression
> tests.
> 
> I don't have time to search which modification caused all these problems,
> but it would probably be a good idea to revert it.

The problem is related to recent changes to the intel compiler
configuration. I suggested to revert config/compilers/intel.hpp
to version 1.18 of that file. However, nobody cared, yet, and I
didn't dare to do that myself.

Regards,
m