Re: [Boost-users] Linux build of boost using Intel C++ compiler 11.1 or 11.0 and g++ 4.3.3

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Linux build of boost using Intel C++ compiler 11.1 or 11.0 and g++ 4.3.3
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-08-26 01:01:37

Bill O'Hara wrote:

> Hi,
> I guess this may be a known problem but I wonder if there is any
> straightforward workaround.
> 
> I need to install boost on our development machines which run Linux and have
> g++ 4.3.3 installed. We are wondering about also support the Intel c++
> compiler (version 11.1). When trying to build boost 1.39 we get many errors
> during compilation due to g++ builtins like __builtin_isfinite not being
> found. Example below.
> 
> Perhaps I've missed something but using the intel toolset when building
> still seems to involve using these g++ specific features. Is there a
> workaround?

> For example:
> 
>     "icpc" -c -xc++ -O3 -w1 -inline-level=2 -pthread -fPIC
> -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1 -DBOOST_MATH_TR1_DYN_LINK=1 -DNDEBUG -I"."   -c -o
> "bin.v2/libs/math/build/intel-linux-11.1/release/threading-multi/lround.o"
> "libs/math/build/../src/tr1/lround.cpp"
> 
> ...failed intel-linux.compile.c++
> bin.v2/libs/math/build/intel-linux-11.1/release/threading-multi/lround.o...
> intel-linux.compile.c++
> bin.v2/libs/math/build/intel-linux-11.1/release/threading-multi/nextafter.o
> /usr/include/c++/4.3.3/cmath(522): error: identifier "__builtin_isfinite" is
> undefined
>         return __builtin_isfinite(__type(__f));
>                ^

It appears to be some misconfiguration of the intel compiler. If you create
a source file containing just:

        #include <cmath>

and try to compile it with icpc, does it work? If not, you probably have to
ask Intel support what's going on.

- Volodya