Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #7093: Building "system" segfaults on AIX 6.1 / vacpp

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #7093: Building "system" segfaults on AIX 6.1 / vacpp
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-10-15 18:44:08

#7093: Building "system" segfaults on AIX 6.1 / vacpp
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  Reporter:  Martin Baute <solar@…>                 |       Owner:                
      Type:  Bugs                                   |      Status:  new           
 Milestone:  To Be Determined                       |   Component:  Building Boost
   Version:  Boost 1.50.0                           |    Severity:  Regression    
Resolution:                                         |    Keywords:  aix           
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Comment (by steven_watanabe):

 Well, I'd like to see a backtrace for the error.
 You'll need to make a debug build of b2:

 {{{
 cd tools/build/v2/engine
 ./build.sh --debug
 cd -
 gdb tools/build/v2/engine/bin.*.debug/b2
 }}}

 There are a couple of possibilities:

 If the build completes without errors,
 we're probably either dealing with an
 optimizer bug or undefined behavior
 exposed by compiler optimization.
 The other possibility I can think of is
 that you're running out of memory.
 Boost.Build uses a lot of memory and
 doesn't handle failed allocations correctly.

 Also, try building b2 in the trunk

 {{{
 svn checkout http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/trunk/tools/build/v2/engine

 }}}

 I know I did fix at least one optimizer problem
 on AIX, and I'd like to make sure that your
 problem hasn't already been fixed.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7093#comment:1>
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