Re: [Boost-build] Building Boost on 64-bit CentOS 5.4

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Building Boost on 64-bit CentOS 5.4
From: Robert DeLisle (rkdelisle_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-11-20 13:14:36

Interesting.  I dug into the pyport.h file and found that it has a single
include - pyconfig.h

This .h file is constructed by ./configure and supposed copied into the
python Include/ directory.  In my case, it was not copied into the correct
location, and pyport.h was failing to have the properly architecture
configured version of variable definitions.  Specifically, LONG_BIT was
defined for 32-bit by default and not 64-bit, as is my OS.  Placing the file
in the right location seemed to allow boost to build without any apparent
errors.

Thank you for your assistance.

-Kirk

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:35 PM, Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On Friday 20 November 2009 02:30:50 rkdelisle_at_[hidden] wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to build boost on a 64-bit CentOS 5.4 install. I have Python
> > 2.6.4 built and installed at /opt/Python_2.6.4/, and I've appended the
> > user-config.jam file with:
> >
> > using python : 2.6 : /opt/Python_2.6.4/python : /opt/Python_2.6.4/Include
> :
> > /opt/Python_2.6.4/Lib ;
> >
> > The standard system Python is 2.4.1 but the tools I'm using require 2.6,
> so
> > I've built this version and installed it independently of the system
> > version 2.4.1 to avoid any conflicts.
> >
> > As I'm sure you've already imagined, I get the error:
> >
> > LONG_BIT definition appears wrong for platform (bad gcc/glibc config?)
> >
> > I see that this is a long standing bug, but I have yet to find a fix.
> I've
> > tried various CCFLAGS, CXXFLAGS, etc. to push for a 64-bit compile or a
> > 32-bit compile (-m64 or -m32).
> >
> > The offending file is pyport.h - is there a 64-bit friendly version that
> I
> > don't know about?
>
> Does this error happen if you write a test program that includes just that
> file,
> and try to compile it by hand? If so, I suggest you raise the bug with
> CentOS folks.
>
> Did you try to look at the code that emits the error? What is it checking
> for?
>
>
> - Volodya
> _______________________________________________
> Unsubscribe & other changes:
> http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-build
>