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

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-12 14:28:56

on Fri Oct 12 2007, Marty Fried <public.forums-AT-gmail.com> wrote:

> Back on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:52:22 -1000, while hiding out in
> gmane.comp.lib.boost.build,David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]>
> surprised everyone by saying:
>
>>
>>on Wed Oct 10 2007, "Marty Fried" <public.forums-AT-gmail.com> 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.
>>
>>That surprises me.  Who told you that?
>
> Hi - Sorry, I was too vague (due to my lack of full understanding of the
> problem. I'm just coming up to speed on existing code using 1_33_1.
>
> The problem with gcc on aix is not anything to do with Boost; evidently,
> there are problems building our application on aix using gcc, which is not
> the native compiler for aix.

Still, you should have no trouble using a bjam built with gcc on AIX,
no matter what toolset you intend to use for your application.

> Currently, we build on aix using xlC (aka, Visual Age C++), on Linux
> using gcc, and Windows using MSVC.  This is why we like Boost so much. :)
>
> Unfortunately, I still can't get filesystem to build on aix. :(  
> The errors I get are too complicated for my simple mind.  I guess I should
> post the problem on boost_users rather than here for that.

Good idea.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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