Re: [boost] [Boost-announce] [1.37.0 beta] Beta release available on SourceForge

Subject: Re: [boost] [Boost-announce] [1.37.0 beta] Beta release available on SourceForge
From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-10-27 18:37:22

on Mon Oct 27 2008, "Alexander Sack" <pisymbol-AT-gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Jens Seidel <jensseidel_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> ###############################################################
>>
>> There are again a lot of warnings (gcc-4.3.2) which can easily
>> be avoided. The first one:
>> libs/program_options/src/options_description.cpp|74| warning: suggest
>> explicit braces to avoid ambiguous 'else'
>>
>> Since I learned in the past that such patches are often ignored
>> I do not send a patch. It's also trivially reproducable for everyone
>> (as gcc is free).
>>
>> ##############################################################
>
> Not sure if anyone cares but:
>
> I'm seeing this as well on FreeBSD-7.0-amd64 machine I have.  There
> are a lot of warnings (mostly string casting which newer more stricter
> gcc's don't like).
>
> The good news is other than a small patch to
> libs/regex/build/Jamfile.v2 (adding /usr/local/lib to search path) and
> the setting of  LD_LIBRARY_PATH within gcc.jam, beta1 built
> successfully on my FreeBSD machine!

Those two changes, I believe, are related and should be fixed in the
Boost.Build system.  Please open a Trac ticket for them at
http://svn.boost.org

-- 
Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
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