Re: [Boost-users] trying to install Boost 1.33.1 on Solaris 5.9 + SunStudio 11

From: William Deegan (bdbaddog_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-01 01:05:18

On 1/30/06, Paul Floyd <paul.floyd_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Xavier.Abulker_at_[hidden] wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > I'm trying to install Boost 1.33.1 on a Sun Solaris 5.9 Sunpro 11 and
> > after the command:
> > bjam "-sTOOLS=sunpro" install
> > I receive the error message:
> >
> >  >> Assertion:   (../lnk/init.cc, line 1032)
> >     while processing
> > /ftx/opt/SUNWspro/prod/include/CC/Cstd/rw/messages.cc at line 0.
> >  >> Assertion:   (../lnk/init.cc, line 1032)
> >     while processing
> > /ftx/opt/SUNWspro/prod/include/CC/Cstd/rw/messages.cc at line 0.
> >
> > Do you know how I can solve this problem?
> > It looks like Sun has released a patch to solve the error "Assertion:
> > (../lnk/init.cc, line 1032)" but I can't find it for solaris 5.9 +
> > Studio 11
>
> Hi
>
> To get the most with Studio 11, you need the latest patches and to use
> stlport4. In ordr to do that, use
>
> bjam -sTOOLS=sunpro -sSUNPRO_CXX="CC -library=stlport4"
>
> This should get you a sizeable chunk of Boost 1.33.1 built.
>
> The downside is that all the libs and apps must be compiled/linked with
> -library=stlport4. The problem is with libCstd which isn't very
> standard. Sun cast it in iron some time before they had a standards
> conforming (or almost) compiler, and won't ever change it as that would
> break existing code.
>
> I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that between the next round of Studio
> 11 patches and the next release of Boost, just about everything will
> compile.
>
> The easiest way to check for patches is in the sunstudio IDE,
> Help->Check now for updates... Personally, I use Patch Check Advanced (pca).

If found this in the sun forum.
http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/sga
Contains a patch to boost 1.33.1 and 1.32.0 to help compiling on sun.