[boost] boost & STLport

From: François Dumont (francois.cppdevs_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-20 14:28:06

Hello boosters

    I am trying to build boost 1.31.0 with STLport 5.0 RC1 using MSVC 6 SP5.

    I already spend quite a long time on a very mysterious issue with no
result, I hope you will be able to help me. When I build the boost libraries
I have the following error messages:

vc-C++
bin\boost\libs\filesystem\build\libboost_filesystem.lib\msvc-stlport\debug\s
tlport-iostream-on\exception.obj
exception.cpp
C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~4\VC98\include\objidl.h(9909) : error C2668: 'memset' :
ambiguous call to overloaded function
C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~4\VC98\include\objbase.h(443) : error C2668: 'memcmp' :
ambiguous call to overloaded function
C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~4\VC98\include\objbase.h(467) : error C2668: 'memcmp' :
ambiguous call to overloaded function

    "cl"

/Zm800 -nologo -GX -c  -D_STLP_DO_IMPORT_CSTD_FUNCTIONS=1 -D_STLP_DEBUG=1 -D
_STLP_DEBUG_UNINITIALIZED=1  /Z7 /
Od /Ob0 /GX /GR
/MDd   -I"bin\boost\libs\filesystem\build" -I"C:\Utils\boost_1_31_0"  -I"C:\
Utils\STLport-5.0.0\stlport"
 -I"C:\Utils\boost_1_31_0" -I"C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~4\VC98\include"   -Fo"bin\b
oost\libs\filesystem\build\libboost_filesyst
em.lib\msvc-stlport\debug\stlport-iostream-on\exception.obj"  -Tp"C:\Utils\b
oost_1_31_0\libs\filesystem\build\../src/exc
eption.cpp"

This only happen during boost build process with STLport 5.0. When I use
both boost and STLport 5.0 in a simple test that call memset there is no
ambiguity. Is there any special treatment within boost code for memset and
memcmp?

I also notice, looking at the command line, that STLport include path is not
first. Is there a special reason not to have it first? If I want to test how
can I make it first?

Bests