Re: [Boost-build] [EXTERNAL] Re: Boost build vacpp on Linux (PPC)

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] [EXTERNAL] Re: Boost build vacpp on Linux (PPC)
From: Belcourt, K. Noel (kbelco_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-03-27 21:42:32

Hi Steven,

On Mar 27, 2012, at 5:13 PM, Steven Watanabe wrote:

> On 03/27/2012 03:23 PM, Hubert Tong wrote:
>>
>> We have been getting this issue as well on both AIX and Linux on PPC.
>
> Okay, so this appears for xlc/PPC, right?

Yes.

> Does it work for other compilers on PPC?

Yes, it works fine with gcc-4.1.2.  The problem is specific to xlc, as  
in:

        ./build.sh vacpp

produces

        bin.unknownppc/bjam

which cores.  Perhaps Hubert can confirm that gcc builds a good bjam?   
Steven, I lack the time tonight to debug this but will change over our  
tests to use gcc to compile bjam and that should be a short term  
workaround.  I'll attempt to look at this over the weekend and answer  
your questions then.

Thanks for the help.

-- Noel