[boost] Re: [iostreams] MAP_FILE not available on some platforms

From: Jonathan Turkanis (technews_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-02-04 13:28:03

Kevin Wheatley wrote:
> Caleb Epstein wrote:
>> The iostreams module mapped_file.cpp fails to compile on (at least)
>> Solaris because it makes use of the mmap flag MAP_FILE which does not
>> exist on that platform.  I think this should be protected in an
>> #ifdef MAP_FILE block or similar.
>
> I'd say so its not available on SGI and under Linux (RH9) from man
> mmap:
>
>        MAP_FILE
>               Compatibility flag. Ignored.
>
>
> IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition
> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/functions/mmap.html
>
> has no mention of it either

This seems to be a flag I inherited from Craig Henderson. I've removed it; I'll
see how the new version works.

Jonathan