Re: [Boost-users] Sunpro CC 5.8, -library=stlport4, multi_index, one last time

From: Benson Margulies (bim2007_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-25 09:57:48

I had misunderstood 'K. Nelson' from Sandia to indicate that perhaps he was running the non-stlport4 regression. I'll go over to the testing list and see if I can get enough information to try to run a regression that way and see what the overall situation is.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden] [mailto:boost-users-
> bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Joaquín Mª López Muñoz
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 9:22 AM
> To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
> Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Sunpro CC 5.8, -library=stlport4, multi_index,
> one last time
> 
> Hi Benson,
> 
> Benson Margulies ha escrito:
> 
> > I beg the indulgence of the maintainers to clarify the support
> > intentions here and then I'll go back to my cave.
> 
> Please stay out of the cave :) I'm afraid there's no appointed group
> of people to whom you can officially refer as "the maintainers"
> --Boost structure is rather informal, some folks care about some
> particular libs, others contribute regression testings for their platforms
> of interest, etc. So, supporting a particular lib in a particular platform
> necessitates a willing author/contributor and a willing tester --maybe
> you can be the willing tester. Without a stable regression tester
> for a particular platform, it's extremely unlikely that that platform can
> receive proper attention.
> 
> > The facts are:
> >
> > 1) The regression tests run reasonably on CC 5.8, with or without
> > -library=stlport4
> 
> Regression tests are satisfactory for -library=stlport4,
> 
> http://engineering.meta-comm.com/boost-regression/CVS-
> RC_1_34_0/developer/summary.html
> 
> (column sun-5.8)
> 
> but there is no current regression tester running without stlport4, so we
> can't know how well that option would perform. The -library=stlport4
> tester is Doug Gregor,
> 
> http://engineering.meta-comm.com/boost-regression/CVS-RC_1_34_0/OSL4-
> V2.html
> 
> so maybe he can tell us why he opted for stlport4 and what the general
> behavior without that is.
> 
> > 2) I have a seemingly simple example of using multi_index that won't
> > compile with CC 5.8 unless I'm using -library=stlport4. The compile
> > error, for what it's worth, does not point to one of the weaknesses of
> > the 'old Sun STL' in any obvious way. But it could easily be that some
> > ifdef that is trying to compensate for the old STL is in turn creating
> > the conditions for the failure.
> 
> I am as mystified as you wrt to this particular error :( Having a test run
> for all Boost libs would certainly give us a more comprehensive vista on
> the general behavior of CC 5.8 without stlport4 --and could help us
> determine whether this is a fixable thing or if we're beyond all hope
> of supporting the compiler.
> 
> > (I'm not entirely sure about #1.)
> >
> > The question is:
> >
> > "Is it the intention of the maintainers to support CC 5.8 without
> > -library=stlport4?"
> >
> > If the answer is 'yes', then I will nudge to get this case included in
> > the regression, and I will invest some time in trying to unscrew the
> > inscrutable error.
> >
> > If the answer is 'no', then I will concentrate on moving our Apatosaurus
> > of a code-base to getting itself compiled with -library=stlport4 as soon
> > as I can, and defer use of boost until that can accomplish itself.
> 
> If there is a stable regression tester running CC 5.8 without stlport4,
> I'll certainly take a look at the failures in Boost.MultiIndex and try
> to fix them. Maybe you're in a position to be that tester. Without testing
> support I'm afraid my help would be much less effective, since the
> platform
> is not so easily available, although of course you can count on my
> assisting you nevertheless.
> 
> Joaquín M López Muñoz
> Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo
> 
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