[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #2250: pgi.hpp and configure script

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #2250: pgi.hpp and configure script
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-23 19:44:48

#2250: pgi.hpp and configure script
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 Reporter:  wladwig_at_[hidden]                  |       Owner:  vladimir_prus
     Type:  Bugs                                |      Status:  new          
Milestone:  Boost 1.37.0                        |   Component:  build        
  Version:  Boost 1.36.0                        |    Severity:  Problem      
 Keywords:  pgi portland group build configure  |  
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 I ran into several problems trying to build boost with the PGI compiler
 v7.2-3 and the Boost 1.36.0 library.

 '''1)  ./configure --with-toolset=pgi does not correctly use the pgi
 configuration'''

 Using the ./configure script which comes with the Boost 1.36.0 package
 does not setup the build system to use the pgi compiler properly.  Using
 the commands "./configure --with-toolset=pgi" and "make install" generates
 errors which look like (in this case when compiling boost python):

 -ftemplate-depth-128 -O3 -finline-functions -Wno-inline -Wall -fPIC
 -pthread  -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1 -DBOOST_PYTHON_SOURCE -DNDEBUG  -I"."
 -I"/home/wdt/Python2.5/include/python2.5" -c -o
 "bin.v2/libs/python/build/gcc/release/threading-multi/numeric.o"
 "libs/python/src/numeric.cpp"

 ...failed gcc.compile.c++ bin.v2/libs/python/build/gcc/release/threading-
 multi/n
 umeric.o...
 gcc.compile.c++ bin.v2/libs/python/build/gcc/release/threading-
 multi/list.o
 /bin/sh: line 1: -ftemplate-depth-128: command not found

 It looks like it's trying to use the gcc configuration without calling the
 executable.

 '''2) pgi.hpp does not allow for versions greater than 7.1'''

 I then tried to build the boost python module by calling bjam directly,
 using "bjam toolset=pgi --with-python".  This failed with:

 "./boost/config/compiler/pgi.hpp", line 27: catastrophic error: #error
           directive: "Pgi compiler not configured - please reconfigure"
   #  error "Pgi compiler not configured - please reconfigure"


 It appears that pgi.hpp is coded to only use v7.1 of the compiler.  After
 I made the change to the header file to use v7.2, it built the boost
 python library successfully (but with many compiler warnings).

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Ticket URL: <http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/2250>
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