Re: [Boost-users] Problems Building Boost 1.63 on Solaris 11.3 x86 with Oracle Developer Studio12.5

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Problems Building Boost 1.63 on Solaris 11.3 x86 with Oracle Developer Studio12.5
From: John Maddock (jz.maddock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-01-13 03:40:09

On 12/01/2017 23:07, Shawn Firth wrote:
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
> We have been using Boost on Windows and HP-UX for over five years.
>
> Recently I have been attempting to build Boost 1.63 on Solaris 11.3 
> x86 with Oracle Developer Studio12.5.
>
> I started with:./bootstrap.sh --prefix=/export/home/me/boost_1_63_0 
> -libdir=/export/home/me/boost_1_63_0/lib --with-toolset=sun
>
> …and that is where I still am. I have been trying every b2 
> option/configuration that I can file via Google to get Boost 1.63, 
> both with and without C++11, and I am striking out.
>

Two questions:

1) Did bjam build OK?  If not then I suggest you build it with gcc (you 
can still build boost with Sun's compiler).
2) What Sun ABI and std library did you want to build with?  The 
Sun/Oracle compiler has a multitude of options, many of which are 
unusable with Boost (or anything that looks like modern C++ IMO)?

Here's what my user-config.jam has:

using sun : 12.5 : /opt/developerstudio12.5/bin/CC : 
<cxxflags>-library=stlport4 <linkflags>-library=stlport4 ;
using sun : 12.5s11 : /opt/developerstudio12.5/bin/CC : 
<cxxflags>-std=c++11 <linkflags>-std=c++11 ;
using sun : 12.5s14 : /opt/developerstudio12.5/bin/CC : 
<cxxflags>-std=c++14 <linkflags>-std=c++14 ;
using sun : 12.5s03 : /opt/developerstudio12.5/bin/CC : 
<cxxflags>-std=c++03 <linkflags>-std=c++03 ;

In addition you may need to add stdlib=stlport or stdlib=apache or 
stdlib=gnu if using the default option.

HTH, John.

> The Boost documentation is very terse on Sun builds, however the Boost 
> 1.63 release notes say it has been tested for SunOS: Oracle Solaris 
> Studio 12.5 and Oracle Solaris Studio, C++11 12.5. Here’s all that the 
> Boost 1.64 doco has to say about Sun builds:
>
> sun
>
> 	
>
> Oracle
>
> 	
>
> Only very recent versions are known to work well with Boost. Note that 
> the Oracle/Sun compiler has a large number of options which effect 
> binary compatibility: it is vital that the libraries are built with 
> the same options that your appliction will use. In particular be aware 
> that the default standard library may not work well with Boost, 
> /unless you are building for C++11/. The particular compiler options 
> you need can be injected with the b2 command line options 
> cxxflags=``and ``linkflags=. For example to build with the Apache 
> standard library in C++03 mode use 
> b2 cxxflags=-library=stdcxx4 linkflags=-library=stdcxx4.
>
> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_63_0/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html
>
>
>         Sun Studio
>
> The|sun|module supports theSun Studio 
> <http://developers.sun.com/sunstudio/index.jsp>C++ compilers for the 
> Solaris OS.
>
> The module is initialized using the following syntax:
>
> using sun : [|/version/|] : [|/c++-compile-command/|] : [|/compiler 
> options/|] ;
>
> This statement may be repeated several times, if you want to configure 
> several versions of the compiler.
>
> If the command is not specified, Boost.Build will search for a binary 
> named*CC*in|/opt/SUNWspro/bin|and in|PATH|.
>
> When using this compiler on complex C++ code, such as theBoost C++ 
> library <http://boost.org/>, it is recommended to specify the 
> following options when intializing the|sun|module:
>
> -library=stlport4 -features=tmplife -features=tmplrefstatic
>
> See theSun C++ Frontend Tales 
> <http://blogs.sun.com/sga/entry/command_line_options>for details.
>
> The following options can be provided, 
> using|</option-name/>/option-value/|syntax:
>
> |*cflags*|**
>
> Specifies additional compiler flags that will be used when compiling C 
> sources.
>
> |*cxxflags*|**
>
> Specifies additional compiler flags that will be used when compiling 
> C++ sources.
>
> |*compileflags*|**
>
> Specifies additional compiler flags that will be used when compiling 
> both C and C++ sources.
>
> |*linkflags*|**
>
> Specifies additional command line options that will be passed to the 
> linker.
>
> Starting with Sun Studio 12, you can create 64-bit applications by 
> using the|address-model=64|property.
>
> http://www.boost.org/build/doc/html/bbv2/reference/tools.html#bbv2.reference.tools.compiler.sun
>
> Can someone provide me with the user-config.jamand b2options so that I 
> can successfully build Boost 1.63 on Solaris 11.3 x86 with Oracle 
> Developer Studio12. 3, 4, or 5? Failing user-config.jamand b2options 
> for Solaris 11 on x86, can you provide me withuser-config.jamand 
> b2options for Solaris 11 on SPARC  with Oracle Developer Studio12.3, 
> 4, or 5?
>
> Thank you for your time…
>
> Shawn Firth
>
> *RG Technology*
>
> Senior Systems Architect
>
> shawn.firth_at_[hidden] <mailto:shawn.firth_at_[hidden]>
>
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>
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