Re: [boost] Can't build boost 1.48 with STLport 5.2.1

Subject: Re: [boost] Can't build boost 1.48 with STLport 5.2.1
From: Robert Dailey (rcdailey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-02-16 12:26:18

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Jürgen Hunold <jhunold_at_gmx.eu> wrote:

> Hi Robert,
>
> On Wednesday, 15. February 2012 14:47:39 Robert Dailey wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 3:43 AM, Jürgen Hunold <jhunold_at_gmx.eu> wrote:
> > > Hi Robert,
>
> Flags used by Boost.Build for building Boost:
> > > >  /Z7
> > > >  /Od
> > > >  /Ob0
> > > >  /W4
> > > >  /GR
> > > >  /MDd
> > > >  /Zc:forScope
> > > >  /Zc:wchar_t
> > > >  /Wp64
> > > >  /GB
> > > >  /Op
> > > >  /wd4675
> > > >  /EHs
> > > >  -c
> > > >
> > > > -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1
> > > >
> > > > "-I."
> > >
> > > for compiling the Boost libraries.
> > >
> > > The questions remains: Which flags uses STLport?
>
> > Here is the debug command that STLport make scripts use on VS 2008 for
> the
> > debug library:
> >
> >         cl /nologo /W4 /EHsc /Zm800  /MTd /Zi  /DWINVER=0x0501 /GS
> /DWIN32
> > /D_WINDOWS /D_DEBUG /D_STLP_DEBUG  /I../../stlport  /c
> > /Foobj\vc9\static-stlg\allocators.o
> > /Fdobj\vc9\static-stlg\stlportstld_static.pdb ../../src\allocators.cpp
> >
> > Based on this information, can you identify the problem? I see
> > that /Zc:wchar_t is missing, but according to MSDN documentation, this is
> > the default anyway.
>
> Yes, explicit wchar_t was introduced for older msvc compiler. Obsolete
> nowadays.
>
> My best guess is the /D_STLP_DEBUG define which enables enhanced debugging
> magic (iterator validation etc.) which might not be binary compatible with
> Boost. Try to add "define=_STLP_DEBUG" on your commandline an see if this
> helps.
>
> And maybe look up /GR vs. /GS  and most probably  /MDd vs.  /MTd

Defining _STLP_DEBUG did it! it links perfectly now!! yay!!!!

Thanks a ton!!