Re: [boost] [Boost-build] bug in boost.build?

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-09 05:42:30

On Tuesday 03 January 2006 10:38, Oliver.Kowalke_at_[hidden] wrote:

> But anyway:

> command 'bjam --prefix=/opt/boost "-sTOOLS=gcc" "-sSUFDLL=.sl"
> "-sBUILD=release <threading>multi <cxxflags>-fpic" install'

> produces:
>
> -                          an segmentation fault while loading the
> signals library! (see my previous email '[boost] bug in signals library?
> - segmentation fault(onlylinked) -> exit(11) called')

> -                         libraries iostreams and wave have only
> extension *.a (no *.sl)
>
>
>
> command 'bjam --prefix=/opt/boost "-sTOOLS=gcc" "-sBUILD=release
> <threading>multi <cxxflags>-fpic" install'
>
> -                          segmentation fault disappears
>
> -                          library wave is build with *.a extension only
> (no *.so)
....

> It seams that boost build system has some problems! Please don't ignore
> this as you did before!

What are the problems, specifically?

- Absense of ".so"/".sl" files of Wave can be explained by the fact that DLL
  rules were added to Jamfile on 2005-11-21. Do you have a later version?

- Segmentation fault in boost.signals can be caused by anything. If you 
believe it's a bug in Boost.Build, you can do the following

   - Remove all build object of Boost.Signals
   - Run "bjam --with-signals -obuild.sh" from boost root (adding 
     -sBUILD option to match the variant you're using)
   - The create build.sh has build commands. Take a look at them
     and determine if any options are wrong and are the reason for
     failure. Remove/change the options and verify that rebuilding by running
     build.sh gets you a library that does not crash.
   - Tell us which options you changed/removed/added.

This requires a bit of work on your side, but I don't think there are many 
users of HP/UX here.

- Volodya

   

>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Oliver