[Boost-users] [boost-users] [regex] Problem on Solaris

Subject: [Boost-users] [boost-users] [regex] Problem on Solaris
From: Kunth, Thomas (ext) (thomas.kunth.ext_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-11-17 02:35:18

Hello!

I am currently observing a strange crash on my test systems.
The core file tells me that it happens when constructing a regular expression from a string for the first time.

We are using boost 1.33.1.
Please find below some system details.

Configuration no. 1 is the current stable workung one.

In configuration no. 2 my program crashes in the constructor of boost::regex.  The crash seems to be caused by some threading related functions, but the application is single threaded.  The call stack is attached to this e-mail.

In configuration no. 3 my program does not crash, but hangs at nearly the same position inside the boost::regex constructor. Again inside some threading related functions of my single threaded application.

It is related to my system configuration. Here are the ones I use:

 1.  This configuration works since years
    *   Compilation of libboost_regex:
SunOS 5.8 Generic_117350-35 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-2500
CC: Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C++ 5.3 Patch 111685-24 2006/11/03
    *   Compilation of my application
SunOS 5.8 Generic_117350-35 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-2500
CC: Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C++ 5.3 Patch 111685-24 2006/11/03
    *   Execution environment
SunOS 5.8 Generic_117350-35 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240
 2.  We are noe migrating to Solaris 10.  This is causing problems.
First we just change the execution environment:
    *   Execution environment
SunOS 5.10 Generic_141444-09 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V210
 3.  Then we also change the compilation environment:
    *   Compilation of libboost_regex is not changed.
Libraries have not even been re-compiled.
    *   Compilation of my application
SunOS 5.10 Generic_141414-01 sun4u sparc SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise
CC: Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C++ 5.3 Patch 111685-24 2006/11/03
    *   Execution environment
SunOS 5.10 Generic_141444-09 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V210

I cannot change these configurations. But I would have the chance to move to a newer version of boost if it would compile with my legacy compiler (which it doesn't).

Please help me solving this problem!
Thanks in advance!

With best regards,
Thomas