Re: [Boost-users] [mpl] How to Compile boost on AIX using xlC

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-07 04:43:13

dx wrote:
> John Maddock wrote:
>
>> That indicates a problem with Boost.MPL and that compiler.  Are you
>> using an up to date version of xlc because I believe Boost.Regex
>> does/should build fine with that compiler.
>>
>>
>>
> John,
>
> 1) xlC -qversion returns the following:
> IBM XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition V7.0
> Version: 07.00.0000.0005

I'm not familiar with AIX so I can't tell if that's up to date or not.

> 2) As mentioned previously, I have done nothing special to the
> makefile for regex,
> other than pointing to xlC for the compiler. (and xlC/ as the target
> output dir)
>
> It is possible I need to make major modifications to the makefile to
> get this to work.

No, it should just work: BTW the regex lib is "just a bunch of sources", so 
you could equally just add the sources to your IDE or whatever if you have 
one.

> I am not an expert user of xlC, and just recently attempted to use it
> with Boost.
>
> 3)  If someone has actually gone through the process, and can provide
> me the information ,
> of modifying the generic makefiles to use with xlC on AIX, and
> building Boost.regex successfully,
> then that is what I'm really looking for.
>
> I still haven't heard that anyone has actually compiled Boost.Regex
> with xlC on AIX.

I know that the IBM compiler team regularly build/test boost with their 
compiler releases, so this all should just plain work.  That's what made me 
wonder if you were using an older compiler version: the error message you 
were seeing is due to the compiler choking on Boost.MPL, which Regex depends 
on.  Are there any std comformity compiler flags you can turn on?

John.