[Boost-users] [serialization] does not compile on PPC or Intel Mac with architecture=combined

Subject: [Boost-users] [serialization] does not compile on PPC or Intel Mac with architecture=combined
From: Philipp Münzel (mail_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-11-17 19:47:29

Hi folks,

the build of serialization in boost 1.44 fails when compiling for PPC Mac.

On a native Power PC with gcc 4.0.1 the build fails:

darwin.compile.c++
bin.v2/libs/serialization/build/darwin-4.0.1/release/link-static/
threading-multi/basic_xml_archive.o
darwin.compile.c++
bin.v2/libs/serialization/build/darwin-4.0.1/release/link-static/
threading-multi/binary_iarchive.o
./boost/archive/basic_binary_iarchive.hpp:74: error: invalid 
application of 'sizeof' to incomplete type 
'boost::STATIC_ASSERTION_FAILURE<false>'

"g++" -ftemplate-depth-128 -O3 -finline-functions -Wno-inline 
-Wall -no-cpp-precomp -gdwarf-2 -Wno-long-double -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1 
-DNDEBUG -I"." -c -o
"bin.v2/libs/serialization/build/darwin-4.0.1/release/link-static/
threading-multi/binary_iarchive.o"
"libs/serialization/src/binary_iarchive.cpp"

...failed darwin.compile.c++
bin.v2/libs/serialization/build/darwin-4.0.1/release/link-static/
threading-multi/binary_iarchive.o...
...failed updating 1 target...
...updated 74 targets... 

On an Intel Mac, with OSX 10.5 and gcc 4.2.1 the build fails when
architecture=combined is added to the bjam command:

bin.v2/libs/serialization/build/darwin-4.2.1/release/
architecture-combined/link-static/threading-multi/binary_iarchive.o
In file included from ./boost/archive/binary_iarchive_impl.hpp:22,
                 from ./boost/archive/binary_iarchive.hpp:20,
                 from libs/serialization/src/binary_iarchive.cpp:14:
./boost/archive/basic_binary_iarchive.hpp:74: error: 
invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete 
type ‘boost::STATIC_ASSERTION_FAILURE<false>’ 
lipo: can't figure out the architecture type of: /var/tmp//cc5y68Un.out

"g++"  -ftemplate-depth-128 -O3 -finline-functions -Wno-inline -Wall
-no-cpp-precomp -gdwarf-2 -arch i386 -arch ppc  -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1 
-DNDEBUG -I"." -c -o
"bin.v2/libs/serialization/build/darwin-4.2.1/release/architecture-
combined/link-static/threading-multi/binary_iarchive.o"
"libs/serialization/src/binary_iarchive.cpp"

...failed darwin.compile.c++
bin.v2/libs/serialization/build/darwin-4.2.1/release/architecture-
combined/link-static/threading-multi/binary_iarchive.o...
...failed updating 1 target...
...updated 96 targets...

When using bjam without architecture=combined on an Intel Mac, 
the build succeeds. 

That makes boost.serialization unusable on PCC, because it can neither 
be build native, nor for a universal binary.

I wonder how this could slip through the rigid testing 
procedures of boost...

Regards,
Philipp