Re: Reminder: The Master branch will be closing for the 1.77.0 release on WEDNESDAY 4-August

From: Michael Caisse (mcaisse-lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2021-08-03 14:31:00

On 8/3/21 04:50, Andrey Semashev via Boost wrote:
> On 8/3/21 11:55 AM, Andrey Semashev wrote:
>> On 8/3/21 3:58 AM, Gavin Lambert via Boost wrote:
>>> On 3/08/2021 11:57 am, Andrey Semashev wrote:
>>>>> The docker image that the tools get run from doesn’t have
>>>>> “linux/magic.h”
>>>>>
>>>>> More as we discover it.
>>>>
>>>> I would like to know more about this issue. In particular, what
>>>> Linux system lacks this file (distro, kernel version, etc.). Maybe,
>>>> this is worth fixing before the release.
>>>
>>> Git history suggests that the file started existing in linux kernel
>>> 2.6.19 and remains since.
>>>
>>> Although it moved from one folder to another in the internal kernel
>>> source tree in kernel 3.7, but that shouldn't affect its existence in
>>> the userspace include dirs, unless something is using the wrong
>>> include paths.
>>
>> Thanks. 2.6.19 was released nearly 15 years ago, I wouldn't think such
>> old systems would be building new Boost. I can add a workaround if
>> that's needed.
> 
> Here is the workaround:
> 
> https://github.com/boostorg/filesystem/commit/9794725bda2e612f1fdcadd98cdce5b7bfb548f1
> 
> 
> I would like to merge it to master please.
> 

The docker image that was having issues combines the test runner results
into the test matrix. It doesn't build all of boost, just a couple
utilities for that purpose. It didn't have the kernel headers installed.

The workaround looks fine. Please merge to master. Thanks Andrey.

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Michael Caisse
Ciere Consulting
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