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: Shawn Firth (Shawn.Firth_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-01-13 15:21:47

John,
Thank you for your prompt response!

To answer your questions:

bjam and b2 built without any errors.

The code we have using Boost today, on Windows and HP-UX, only uses the Boost serialization library. On Windows it is still a 32bit application, but on HP-UX it is a 64bit application. This is our first time porting this application to Solaris , with the production target being Solaris 11 SPARC (we have another C application that is on Solaris 11 SPARC, and I just ported it to Solaris 11 x86 in <1 day). The Solaris 11 x86 virtual is simply to give us local development environments, with formal testing/production builds occurring on Solaris 11 SPARC.

So...I'd like to be able to build on Solaris 11 x86 as 64bit with the newest C++ compiler and C++ Standard Template Library that the Boost serialization library will support.

On Solaris 11.3 x86, I have been able to build the Boost serialization library using c++03 and stlport4 (see output and scripts below), but I would really like to use the "newer" Sun compiler options like c++14.

According to Oracle the correct STL to use with c++14 is stdcpp:
stdcpp - Use libstdc++, the C++ runtime library for modes -compat=g, -std=c++03, -std=c++11, and -std=c++14. Not available with -compat=5 mode. (https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E60778_01/html/E60746/bkana.html#OSSCPbkatz)

I tried several times/ways to use c++14, but every time I got the following errors:
CC: -library=stdcpp cannot be used with -compat=5

user-config.jam 
using sun : : /opt/developerstudio12.5/bin/CC : <cxxflags>-std=c++14 <linkflags>-std=c++14 ;

./b2 $BUILDLIB --build-dir=$BOOSTDIR --layout=versioned --prefix=$BOOSTDIR cxxflags=-library=stdcpp linkflags=-library=stdcpp toolset=sun variant=release link=static threading=single runtime-link=static address-model=64 install

I got the following errors:
sun.compile.c++ /export/home/shafir/jaguar_libs/boost_1_63_0/boost/bin.v2/libs/serialization/build/sun/release/address-model-64/link-static/runtime-link-static/basic_text_iprimitive.o
CC: -library=stdcpp cannot be used with -compat=5

Something is setting the -compat=5 flag, but it isn't me.

So, I would like to know what b2 STL and flags you used in conjunction with c++14?

developerstudio12.5 CC References:
https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E60778_01/html/E60746/bkana.html#OSSCPbkanq

https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E60778_01/html/E60746/bkana.html#OSSCPgnaof

https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E60778_01/html/E60746/bkana.html#OSSCPbkatz

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c++03 and stlport4 configuration and build output:

Boost bootstrap output:

./booststrap/sh  --with-toolset=sun
-n Building Boost.Build engine with toolset sun... 
tools/build/src/engine/bin.solarisx86/b2
-n Detecting Python version... 
2.7
-n Detecting Python root... 
/usr
-n Unicode/ICU support for Boost.Regex?... 
not found.
Generating Boost.Build configuration in project-config.jam...
Bootstrapping is done. To build, run:
    ./b2

user-config.jam
using sun : : /opt/developerstudio12.5/bin/CC : <cxxflags>-std=c++03 <linkflags>-std=c++03 ;

build_boost163_sol11x86.sh
#! /bin/sh
BOOSTDIR=/export/home/shafir/jaguar_libs/boost_1_63_0
PATH=${PREFIX}:${PATH}
BOOST_VERSION=163
export PATH

BUILDLIBLIST="--with-serialization"

for BUILDLIB in $BUILDLIBLIST; do

./b2 $BUILDLIB --build-dir=$BOOSTDIR --layout=versioned --prefix=$BOOSTDIR cxxflags=-library=stlport4 linkflags=-library=stlport4 toolset=sun variant=release link=static threading=single runtime-link=static address-model=64 install

./b2 $BUILDLIB --build-dir=$BOOSTDIR --layout=versioned --prefix=$BOOSTDIR cxxflags=-library=stlport4 linkflags=-library=stlport4 toolset=sun variant=release link=shared threading=single runtime-link=shared address-model=64 install

./b2 $BUILDLIB --build-dir=$BOOSTDIR --layout=versioned --prefix=$BOOSTDIR cxxflags=-library=stlport4 linkflags=-library=stlport4 toolset=sun variant=release link=static threading=multi runtime-link=static address-model=64 install

./b2 $BUILDLIB --build-dir=$BOOSTDIR --layout=versioned --prefix=$BOOSTDIR cxxflags=-library=stlport4 linkflags=-library=stlport4 toolset=sun variant=release link=shared threading=multi runtime-link=shared address-model=64 install

./b2 $BUILDLIB --build-dir=$BOOSTDIR --layout=versioned --prefix=$BOOSTDIR cxxflags=-library=stlport4 linkflags=-library=stlport4 toolset=sun variant=debug link=static threading=single runtime-link=static address-model=64 install

./b2 $BUILDLIB --build-dir=$BOOSTDIR --layout=versioned --prefix=$BOOSTDIR cxxflags=-library=stlport4 linkflags=-library=stlport4 toolset=sun variant=debug link=shared threading=single runtime-link=shared address-model=64 install

./b2 $BUILDLIB --build-dir=$BOOSTDIR --layout=versioned --prefix=$BOOSTDIR cxxflags=-library=stlport4 linkflags=-library=stlport4 toolset=sun variant=debug link=static threading=multi runtime-link=static address-model=64 install

./b2 $BUILDLIB --build-dir=$BOOSTDIR --layout=versioned --prefix=$BOOSTDIR cxxflags=-library=stlport4 linkflags=-library=stlport4 toolset=sun variant=debug link=shared threading=multi runtime-link=shared address-model=64 install

done

Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks.

  Shawn Firth
  RG Technology
  Senior Systems Architect
  11 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 107
  Alexandria VA 22314
  703.739.5642 office 
  shawn.firth_at_[hidden]

  www.robbinsgioia.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Boost-users [mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of John Maddock
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2017 3:40 AM
To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Problems Building Boost 1.63 on Solaris 11.3 x86 with Oracle Developer Studio12.5

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-variant
> s.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.ref
> erence.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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