Re: [Boost-build] building 1_34_1 on AIX with xlC

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-11 01:12:10

Marty Fried wrote:

> We were able to build 1_33_1 successfully after a lot of grief, I'm told.
> Now I'm trying to build 1_34_1.  I was successful building on Windows, and
> Red Hat linux, so I was feeling fairly confident for aix.  :-)
> 
> I built bjam with no problems, both with gcc (by mistake), then xlC.  I
> was told gcc did not work and I should use xlC.
> 
> When I try to build the libraries using the vacpp and install option, I
> get
> a segmentation fault within about 1 minute.  I got this both when I used
> the defaults (gcc was picked), and when I reinstalled and used vacpp.

Segmentation fault of what? bjam, or compiler, or something else?

> Next, I used the stage option, and I don't get the core dumps.  I let it
> run
> overnight, and today, xlCentry was stalled after running 681 minutes.  So,
> I
> killed it and let it continue.  It stalled a couple more times, and
> finally finished with a bunch of bash errors, and I have about 75 files in
> the
> stage/lib directory.  I don't see some, such as filesystem, so I'm not
> sure if I have a good build.

What's xlCentry? What bash errors?

- Volodya