Re: [boost] [config] PGI config file doesn't defines BOOST_HAS_THREADS

Subject: Re: [boost] [config] PGI config file doesn't defines BOOST_HAS_THREADS
From: Vicente J. Botet Escriba (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-03-22 17:35:05

Le 22/03/12 17:41, John Maddock a écrit :
>> There is an issue on Boost.Thread regression test for PGI compiler. 
>> See https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/6354.
>>
>>     "pgCC" -INLINE:none -Kieee -fpic -fPIC -gopt -Minform=warn 
>> -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1  -DBOOST_TEST_NO_AUTO_LINK=1 
>> -DBOOST_THREAD_POSIX -DBOOST_THREAD_USE_DLL=1  -D__need_IOV_MAX 
>> -I".." -c -o 
>> "/scratch/kbelco/boost/results/boost/bin.v2/libs/thread/test/test_barrier.test/pgi-11.9/debug/threading-multi/test_barrier.o" 
>> "../libs/thread/test/test_barrier.cpp"
>>
>> "../boost/config/requires_threads.hpp", line 86: catastrophic error: 
>> #error
>>           directive: "Compiler threading support is not turned on.  
>> Please
>>           consult your compiler's documentation for the appropriate 
>> options to
>>           use"
>>   #  error "Compiler threading support is not turned on.  Please 
>> consult your compiler's documentation for the appropriate options to 
>> use"
>>
>> boost/config/compiler/pgi.hpp defines BOOST_HAS_PTHREADS but not 
>> BOOST_HAS_THREADS, resulting in failure in the requires_threads.hpp 
>> header.
>>
>> It seems that adding
>>
>> #define BOOST_HAS_THREADS
>>
>> inboost/config/compiler/pgi.hpp solves the issue.
>>
>> John, what do you think?
>
> If it's true that the compiler always supports threads, then yes go 
> for it.
>
>
Hi John,

I have added it just fro version higher equal than 11

#if __PGIC__ >= 11

// options requested by configure --enable-test
#define BOOST_HAS_PTHREADS
*#define BOOST_HAS_THREADS*

Committed revision 77487.

I will check how this works on trunk.
Vicente