Re: Creating dynamic libs on AIX

From: Markus Schöpflin (markus.schoepflin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-02-20 11:17:52

David Abrahams wrote:

> Markus Schöpflin <markus.schoepflin_at_[hidden]> writes:
> 
>>David Abrahams wrote:
>>
>>>Sure. We could try it with your changes, but I bet it would break 
>>>Boost.Python. Any chance I can convince you to install Python and
>>>try building the Boost.Python tests? If they work, I'll be happy
>>>to accept your patch.
>>
>>Seems like boost.python is completely broken on AIX anyway... :-(
> 
> It used to work; you could try your test against Boost 1.29.0; if that
> works it's legit.

Will do.

>>There are two major issues, AFAICT: mpl and bpl.
>>
>>Here is an excerpt of the error messages:
>>
>>"boost-cvs/boost/mpl/aux_/include_preprocessed.hpp", line 27.13: 
>>1540-0836 (S) The #include file "boost/mpl/AUX_PREPROCESSED_HEADER" is 
>>not found.
>>
>>...
>>
>>"boost-cvs/boost/mpl/integral_c.hpp", line 29.32: 1540-0827 (S) The 
>>constant expression on the #if directive contains a syntax error at 
>>"BOOST_TESTED_AT".
>>
>>...
>>
>>"boost-cvs/boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail/iter/forward1.hpp", 
>>line 29.9: 1540-0827 (S) The constant expression on the #if directive 
>>contains a syntax error at "(".
>>
>>Looks like the preprocessor is a real showstopper at the moment.
> 
> Ahm, you're using which compiler? I only ever tested it with KCC on
> AIX.

I'm using IBM's Visual Age 6.

Markus