Re: [Boost-build] bjam define=anything produces a core dump

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] bjam define=anything produces a core dump
From: áÌÅËÓÅÊ îÉËÉÔÉÎ (alleonik_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-11-29 16:12:56

Hello!

Is it possible that happen because command line free features is add
to property-set is too late?
If this is so then attached patch should solve this problem.

Best regards,
Alexey.

2010/11/29 Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]>:
> On Monday, November 29, 2010 13:40:25 Avi Bahra wrote:
>> > On Linux, and HPUX, I can successfully use:
>> >      bjam define=fred
>> >
>> > On AIX:
>> >    This produces a core dump
>> >
>> > # bjam define=PORTABLE_BINARY_ARCHIVE
>> > ...patience...
>> > ...patience...
>> > Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>> > # bjam -v
>> > Boost.Jam  Version 3.1.17. OS=AIX.
>> >
>> >    Copyright 1993-2002 Christopher Seiwald and Perforce Software, Inc.
>> >    Copyright 2001 David Turner.
>> >    Copyright 2001-2004 David Abrahams.
>> >    Copyright 2002-2008 Rene Rivera.
>> >    Copyright 2003-2008 Vladimir Prus.
>> >
>> > trying different variations like:
>> >    bjam define=fred -n
>> >    bjam -j2 -q define=bill=1
>> >
>> > have no effect, all cause a crash, it appears that bjam cant cope with
>> > defines on AIX?
>>
>> Vladimir Prus wrote:
>> >>I would imagine a miscomplication. Please have bjam built with debug
>> >>symbols (./build.sh --debug) and produce a backtrace of the crash.
>>
>> I have compiled bjam from boost 1.45 release in debug ( bjam 3.1.19)
>> here is what total view shows when bjam crashes:
>>
>> list_new,
>> FP=ffffffffffd32c0 var_expand,
>
> IIUC, you also reported some problems whereby the compiler warns that you
> have maximum memory size of a process set too low?
>
> This might be a manifestation of the same problem. Undo all limits and
> try agian.
>
> - Volodya
>
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> Vladimir Prus
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