Re: [Boost-users] [release] Boost 1.62.0 Beta 1

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [release] Boost 1.62.0 Beta 1
From: Tom Kent (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-09-11 18:00:39

On Sun, Sep 4, 2016 at 6:08 PM, Tom Kent <lists_at_[hidden]> wrote:

>
>
> On Sun, Sep 4, 2016 at 11:47 AM, Rene Rivera <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]>
> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 3:11 PM, Tom Kent <lists_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Rene Rivera <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]>
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> The first beta packages for 1.62.0 beta 1 are now available:
>>>>
>>>>     <https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.61.0.beta.1/>
>>>>
>>>> The SHA256 checksums are as follows:
>>>>
>>>>     f7cc83e6a3b03cd7aa8822992aa3e36422cc2214644d69277ef55a4db51f44bd
>>>>  boost_1_62_0_b1.7z
>>>>     4057993811e40b1fd4719675e44c2550b6c2379546192da2299c17fec9a3dddf
>>>>  boost_1_62_0_b1.tar.bz2
>>>>     fb0c10b625c5ec47cc837b54740540e400c59571b2eabf427c00f32bffc6ca70
>>>>  boost_1_62_0_b1.tar.gz
>>>>     b38ef21c43c5ff814a2144bc23871c134164e7f51c71672d0f49a44636fb50b5
>>>>  boost_1_62_0_b1.zip
>>>>
>>>> As always, the release managers would appreciate it if you download
>>>> the archive of your choice and give building it a try. Please report
>>>> both success and failure, and anything else that is noteworthy.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> -- The release managers
>>>>
>>>>
>>> There were numerous build errors on windows for all versions of visual
>>> studio.
>>>
>>> They seem to all be around the fiber library, for example:
>>>
>>> compile-c-c++ bin.v2\libs\fiber\build\msvc-8.0\release\address-model-64\link-static\threading-multi\algo\algorithm.obj
>>> algorithm.cpp
>>> .\boost/fiber/algo/algorithm.hpp(10) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'chrono': No such file or directory
>>>
>>>     call "C:\Users\tomkent\AppData\Local\Temp\b2_msvc_8.0_vcvarsall_amd64.cmd" >nul
>>> cl /Zm800 -nologo @"bin.v2\libs\fiber\build\msvc-8.0\release\address-model-64\link-static\threading-multi\algo\algorithm.obj.rsp"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The full build logs can be found here:
>>> https://gist.github.com/teeks99/339f2768d09449c30e9cd9a20f749100
>>>
>>> toolset     arch    compile Link    Execute
>>> msvc-8.0    32      ERROR   X       X
>>> msvc-8.0    64      ERROR   X       X
>>> msvc-9.0    32      ERROR   X       X
>>> msvc-9.0    64      ERROR   X       X
>>> msvc-10.0   32      ERROR   X       X
>>> msvc-10.0   64      ERROR   X       X
>>> msvc-11.0   32      ERROR   X       X
>>> msvc-11.0   64      ERROR   X       X
>>> msvc-12.0   32      ERROR   X       X
>>> msvc-12.0   64      ERROR   X       X
>>> msvc-14.0   32      ERROR   X       X
>>> msvc-14.0   64      ERROR   X       X
>>>
>>> Compile means that the b2 command completed without errors
>>> Install means that the installers for the respective version were
>>> generated
>>> Link means that visual studio was able to link a sample executable to a
>>> library (libboost_thread-vcXXX-
>>> mt[-gd]-1_XX.lib) generated
>>> Execute means that the linked program executed without errors.
>>>
>>
>> Is it possible to produce binary downloads even with the above errors? Or
>> should we be thinking of creating a beta2 release?
>>
>>
> Yes, the binaries did build, with the exception of fiber (I belive that
> was the only failing library), so if we want to exclude fiber from the
> beta, then we don't need a beta2. It might be better to do a beta 2 that
> includes fiber support on windows though.
>
>
Now that I'm back with a decent connection, I've uploaded the B1 binaries
to sourceforge.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost-binaries/1.62.0_b1/

Since the fiber build was  a failure, I'm still in favor of a beta 2 build
to make sure that gets flushed out before going to RCs.

Tom