Re: [Boost-build] Trouble building Boost 1.47 64-bit libraries on Linux with gcc. Error is "sorry, unimplemented: 64-bit mode not compiled in"

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Trouble building Boost 1.47 64-bit libraries on Linux with gcc. Error is "sorry, unimplemented: 64-bit mode not compiled in"
From: Jürgen Hunold (juergen.hunold_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-12-12 16:50:28

Hi Tim,

On Monday, 12. December 2011 19:31:51 Tim Musson wrote:
> I think I must have a basic misunderstanding or incorrect configuration, but
> I am not able to build 64-bit Boost libraries. The example below is for the
> Thread library, but the Chrono lib had the same error (but on
> error_code.cpp). For history, I have compiled the 32-bit versions fine.

It is good to know that both libraries produces the same error.

> If it matters, the host processor is 32-bit OS (64-bit Intel proc?) and I
> want to cross-compile for 64-bit OS and 64-bit Intel / Xeon proc.
> [user_at_machine boost_1_47_0]$ cat /etc/issue
> Scientific Linux SL release 4.9 (Beryllium)
> Kernel \r on an \m
> 
> [user_at_machine boost_1_47_0]$ uname -a
> Linux machine 2.6.9-89.0.20.EL #1 Tue Feb 2 19:06:41 CST 2010 i686 i686 i386
> GNU/Linux

2.6 is quite ancient.

> p.s. I searched the boost.build archives for "64-bit mode not compiled in"
> and found relevant.

"nothing" missing, maybae?

> bin.v2/libs/thread/build/gcc-3.4.6/release/address-model-64/threading-multi
> /pthread/thread.o libs/thread/src/pthread/thread.cpp:1: sorry,
> unimplemented: 64-bit mode not compiled in

Okay, this is an ancient gcc 3.4.6 detected. 
And it is this gcc which complains about "sorry, unimplemented: 64-bit mode 
not compiled in".

>     "g++"  -ftemplate-depth-128 -O3 -finline-functions -Wno-inline -Wall
> -pthread -fPIC -m64 -Wno-long-long -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1
> -DBOOST_THREAD_BUILD_DLL=1 -DBOOST_THREAD_POSIX -DNDEBUG  -I"." -c -o
> "bin.v2/libs/thread/build/gcc-3.4.6/release/address-model-64/threading-mult
> i/pthread/thread.o" "libs/thread/src/pthread/thread.cpp"

Search the net or your distribution how to get an 64-bit enabled gcc. (3.4.6 
or newer). 

Yours,

Jürgen
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