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: 2014-01-24 03:12:10

Ok, I didn't really think so, since there is a distinct lack of
further discussions of the issue on the mailing lists.
Unfortunately this issue probably stops me from using C++11 at all, at
least until GCC changes their default and some of the larger distros
have started using that version of GCC.
So C++11 is at least a few years away for me, it seems

 :-(

/Lars

On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Andrey Semashev
<andrey.semashev_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Lars Hagström <lars_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> 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.
>>>
>> 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.
>
> No, not really. I had a few quick attempts that failed because of my
> incompetence with Boost.Build and then I got distracted.
>
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