Re: [boost] sun toolset buggy and outdated?

Subject: Re: [boost] sun toolset buggy and outdated?
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-03-27 00:28:46

On 2/28/2015 12:34 PM, John Maddock wrote:
>
>
> On 28/02/2015 13:04, Peter Dimov wrote:
>> John Maddock wrote:
>>> For the record, as of Solaris Studio 12.4 there are 4 options:
>>>
>>> * C++03 mode, default std lib - a broken Rogue Wave version, this is
>>> the default.
>>> * C++03 mode, STLport.  Requires -library=stlport4
>>> * C++03 mode, Apache std lib. Requires -library=stdcxx4
>>> * C++11 mode, GNU libstdc++, used when -std=c++11 is passed to the
>>> compiler.
>>
>> According to the documentation to which Stephen linked, there should
>> also be
>>
>> 5. C++03 mode, GNU libstdc++, used when -std=c++03 is passed to the
>> compiler.
>>
> Ah, I missed that one.  And I see the -library, -std and -compat command
> line options are all mutually incompatible and do slightly different
> things... just to keep us on our toes I guess!
>
> I'll update the PR for the toolset accordingly.

I have tried to get Solaris Studio 12.4 to compile/link in -std=c++11 
mode but have never succeeded. There was a change to the top-level Boost 
Jamroot which had to be made, and which Steve Watanabe made in the 
'develop' super-project, which was removing the lines there which 
hard-coded the stdlib for sun:

       # The standard library Sun compilers use by default has no chance
       # of working with Boost. Override it.
       <toolset>sun:<stdlib>sun-stlport

Even after removing this if I compiled using -std=c++11 the compile went 
OK but as soon as it tried to link it was obviously not finding the 
standard library, even though I had libstdc++ installed under Linux.

I still received linking errors of:

> sun.link ../../../bin.v2/libs/vmd/test/test_after_array_elem.test/sun-cxx11-12.4/debug/address-model-64/test_after_array_elem
> ../../../bin.v2/libs/vmd/test/test_after_array_elem.test/sun-cxx11-12.4/debug/address-model-64/test_after_array_elem.o: In function `__SLIP.INIT_A()':
> (.text+0x1b5): undefined reference to `std::ios_base::Init::Init()'
> ../../../bin.v2/libs/vmd/test/test_after_array_elem.test/sun-cxx11-12.4/debug/address-model-64/test_after_array_elem.o: In function `__SLIP.FINAL__A':
> test_after_array_elem.cpp:(.text+0x28f): undefined reference to `std::ios_base::Init::~Init()'
> ../../../bin.v2/libs/vmd/test/test_after_array_elem.test/sun-cxx11-12.4/debug/address-model-64/test_after_array_elem.o: In function `boost::report_errors()':
> /home/fceldiener/vcs/modular-boost/libs/vmd/test//../../../boost/detail/lightweight_test.hpp:173: undefined reference to `std::cerr'
> /home/fceldiener/vcs/modular-boost/libs/vmd/test//../../../boost/detail/lightweight_test.hpp:179: undefined reference to `std::cerr'
> /home/fceldiener/vcs/modular-boost/libs/vmd/test//../../../boost/detail/lightweight_test.hpp:179: undefined reference to `std::ostream::operator<<(int)'
> ../../../bin.v2/libs/vmd/test/test_after_array_elem.test/sun-cxx11-12.4/debug/address-model-64/test_after_array_elem.o: In function `boost::detail::error_impl(char const*, char const*, int, char const*)':
> /home/fceldiener/vcs/modular-boost/libs/vmd/test//../../../boost/detail/lightweight_test.hpp:117: undefined reference to `std::cerr'
> /home/fceldiener/vcs/modular-boost/libs/vmd/test//../../../boost/detail/lightweight_test.hpp:117: undefined reference to `std::ostream::operator<<(int)'
> ../../../bin.v2/libs/vmd/test/test_after_array_elem.test/sun-cxx11-12.4/debug/address-model-64/test_after_array_elem.o: In function `std::ostream & std::endl<char, std::char_traits<char> >(std::ostream &)':
> test_after_array_elem.cpp:(.text.std::ostream & std::endl<char, std::char_traits<char> >(std::ostream &)[std::ostream & std::endl<char, std::char_traits<char> >(std::ostream &)]+0x75): undefined reference to `std::ostream::put(char)'
> ../../../bin.v2/libs/vmd/test/test_after_array_elem.test/sun-cxx11-12.4/debug/address-model-64/test_after_array_elem.o: In function `std::ostream & std::operator<<<std::char_traits<char> >(std::ostream &, char const*)':
> /opt/oracle/solarisstudio12.4/lib/compilers/CC-gcc/include/c++/4.8.2/ostream:536: undefined reference to `std::ostream & std::__ostream_insert<char, std::char_traits<char> >(std::ostream &, char const*, long)'
> ../../../bin.v2/libs/vmd/test/test_after_array_elem.test/sun-cxx11-12.4/debug/address-model-64/test_after_array_elem.o: In function `std::ios::setstate(std::_Ios_Iostate)':
> test_after_array_elem.cpp:(.text.std::ios::setstate(std::_Ios_Iostate)[std::ios::setstate(std::_Ios_Iostate)]+0x7d): undefined reference to `std::ios::clear(std::_Ios_Iostate)'
> ../../../bin.v2/libs/vmd/test/test_after_array_elem.test/sun-cxx11-12.4/debug/address-model-64/test_after_array_elem.o: In function `std::ostream & std::flush<char, std::char_traits<char> >(std::ostream &)':
> test_after_array_elem.cpp:(.text.std::ostream & std::flush<char, std::char_traits<char> >(std::ostream &)[std::ostream & std::flush<char, std::char_traits<char> >(std::ostream &)]+0x37): undefined reference to `std::ostream::flush()'
> ../../../bin.v2/libs/vmd/test/test_after_array_elem.test/sun-cxx11-12.4/debug/address-model-64/test_after_array_elem.o: In function `std::ctype<char> const& std::__check_facet<std::ctype<char> >(std::ctype<char> const*)':
> /opt/oracle/solarisstudio12.4/lib/compilers/CC-gcc/include/c++/4.8.2/bits/basic_ios.h:49: undefined reference to `std::__throw_bad_cast()'
> ../../../bin.v2/libs/vmd/test/test_after_array_elem.test/sun-cxx11-12.4/debug/address-model-64/test_after_array_elem.o: In function `std::ctype<char>::widen(char) const':
> /opt/oracle/solarisstudio12.4/lib/compilers/CC-gcc/include/c++/4.8.2/bits/locale_facets.h:869: undefined reference to `std::ctype<char>::_M_widen_init() const'
>
>     "/opt/oracle/solarisstudio12.4/bin/CC" -g -m64 -KPIC   -o "../../../bin.v2/libs/vmd/test/test_after_array_elem.test/sun-cxx11-12.4/debug/address-model-64/test_after_array_elem" "../../../bin.v2/libs/vmd/test/test_after_array_elem.test/sun-cxx11-12.4/debug/address-model-64/test_after_array_elem.o"  -Bdynamic -lrt -Bstatic  -Bdynamic
>
> ...failed sun.link ../../../bin.v2/libs/vmd/test/test_after_array_elem.test/sun-cxx11-12.4/debug/address-model-64/test_after_array_elem...

showing it could not find the standard library shared library as far as 
I can make out.

Has anyone got this working with Sun ( now Oracle ) C++ on Linux ? Does 
this need anything else from Boost in order to tell the compiler which 
library to link with ?

I have asked on the appropriate Oracle forum but I thought I would 
mention it here in case anyone has got this working.