Re: [boost] C++03 and C++11 ABI compatibility for compiled libraries

Subject: Re: [boost] C++03 and C++11 ABI compatibility for compiled libraries
From: Lars Hagström (lars_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-01-22 03:16:02

Did you ever get anywhere with this? This issue has bitten me now, and
I would really like to avoid having to build custom boost versions on
Linux. The ease of installation when using the distro repos is *so*
nice.

Cheers
Lars

On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Andrey Semashev
<andrey.semashev_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Petr Machata <pmachata_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>> I maintain Boost in Fedora, and C++03/11 incompatibility has been on my
>> list of things to look into for some time now.
>>
>> > 2. Compile different versions of Boost libraries
>>
>> I'm not sure how this fares with respect to autotools (by any name).  We
>> might need to update some automation to adapt to the changes in soname
>> mangling, and to take any C++11-enabling switches into account.  But I
>> didn't look closely.  Covering autotools and cmake would take us a long
>> way towards the goal, which seems doable, so maybe #2 is the way to go.
>>
>
> Great, nice to hear from package maintainers. I got the same impression
> from the discussion, so maybe I'll try to implement a Boost.Build property
> to select C++ flavor.
>
> However, I don't know much about autotools or cmake internals, so I can't
> tell how it will affect them.
>
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