[Boost-users] boost 1.34.1 build failed with segfaulting bjam using gcc4.2.3

From: François Mauger (mauger_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-15 20:19:35

Hi boosters

I just tried to build boost 1.34.1 from source on my laptop
running Linux Ubuntu 8.04 and gcc version 4.2.3. Unfortunately
it failed at the very beginning:

$ ./configure  --prefix=/scratch/sw/boost/install-1_34_1-gcc42 \
  --with-libraries=date_time,filesystem,\
  iostreams,program_options,python,serialization,thread
  #!!! ---> here the bjam binary is built
Building Boost.Jam with toolset gcc... tools/jam/src/bin.linuxx86/bjam
Detecting Python version... 2.5
Detecting Python root... /usr
Unicode/ICU support for Boost.Regex?... /usr
Backing up existing Boost.Build configuration in user-config.jam.1
Generating Boost.Build configuration in user-config.jam...
Generating Makefile...

$ make
./tools/jam/src/bin.linuxx86/bjam -sICU_PATH=/usr
--user-config=user-config.jam --with-date_time --with-filesystem
--with-iostreams --with-program_options --with-python --with-serialization
--with-thread
Segmentation fault  <=== BLAM!

strace output that prints:
>>>>>>>
$ strace tools/jam/src/bin.linuxx86/bjam
execve("tools/jam/src/bin.linuxx86/bjam",
["tools/jam/src/bin.linuxx86/bjam"], [/* 236 vars */]) = 0
brk(0)                                  = 0x8071000
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
mmap2(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0)
= 0xb7fb8000
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0)
= 0xb7fb7000
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0)
= 0xb7fb6000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
...
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=66160, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 66160, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7fa5000
close(3)                                = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open("/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\260e\1"..., 512)
= 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1364388, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 1369712, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0)
= 0xb7e56000
mmap2(0xb7f9f000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x149) = 0xb7f9f000
mmap2(0xb7fa2000, 9840, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7fa2000
close(3)                                = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0)
= 0xb7e55000
set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb7e556b0,
limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0,
limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0
mprotect(0xb7f9f000, 4096, PROT_READ)   = 0
munmap(0xb7fa5000, 66160)               = 0
time(NULL)                              = 1218843031
brk(0)                                  = 0x8071000
brk(0x8092000)                          = 0x8092000
open("/etc/localtime", O_RDONLY)        = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2945, ...}) = 0
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2945, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0)
= 0xb7fb5000
read(3, "TZif2\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\f\0\0\0\f\0\0"...,
4096) = 2945
_llseek(3, -28, [2917], SEEK_CUR)       = 0
read(3, "\nCET-1CEST,M3.5.0,M10.5.0/3\n", 4096) = 28
close(3)                                = 0
munmap(0xb7fb5000, 4096)                = 0
uname({sys="Linux", node="mauger-laptop", ...}) = 0
brk(0x80b3000)                          = 0x80b3000
brk(0x80d4000)                          = 0x80d4000
brk(0x80f5000)                          = 0x80f5000
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
Process 6883 detached
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

I'm not familiar with the 'strace' utility so I cannot
guess whatever useful from this output.

So my pb comes from the brand new bjam executable
 (tools/jam/src/bin.linuxx86/bjam) that segfaults systematically
for some mystery reason.

Using bjam from the 'bjam' Debian package is ok so I can of course
use the '--with-bjam=/usr/bin/bjam' switch to build the whole
boost stuff. But I'm not satisfied with this solution for
the standard boost build procedure worked perfectly as expected
for boost 1.34.1 under my previous Ubuntu 7.04/gcc 4.1 and also for
the new boost 1.36.0/gcc 4.2.3.

Maybe someone could give me some hints to understand this problem?

thanks a lot

regards

frc
-- 
Francois Mauger
Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire de Caen et Universite de Caen