Re: [Boost-users] Problem building Boost 1.64.0 with Oracle Developer Studio 12.6

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Problem building Boost 1.64.0 with Oracle Developer Studio 12.6
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-08-15 00:21:39

On 8/14/2017 8:10 PM, Leo Carreon via Boost-users wrote:
> It’s now nearly a week since I sent this email and I have not received a 
> comment from anyone from Boost.  Does this mean we have no experience 
> building on Developer Studio 12.6 or Boost doesn’t care whether it works 
> on Solaris or not.  I suspect Problem #2 may be a Solaris issue but I’m 
> not sure about Problem #1 because even the guys from Oracle have no 
> comment about it.  I would appreciate a comment from the maintainer of 
> Boost.Optional.

Usually you get better traction if you add the name of individual 
library(s) in brackets at the beginning of your subject line, as in:

"[optional][python] Your subject line"

> *From:* Leo Carreon
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 9, 2017 10:52 AM
> *To:* Boost Users Mailing List
> *Subject:* Problem building Boost 1.64.0 with Oracle Developer Studio 12.6
> Hi Boosters,
> I have been trying to build Boost 1.64.0 with Oracle Developer Studio 
> 12.6 on Oracle Solaris 11.3 x86_64.
> There are two errors encountered during the build.  They are:
> 1. Problem with Boost.Optional with this error messages:
> "libs/log/src/named_scope.cpp", line 118: Error: Use of overloaded 
> binary operator '=' is ambiguous.
> "./boost/optional/optional.hpp", line 900: Note: Viable candidate 
> 'boost::optional<boost::log::v2_mt_posix::attributes::named_scope_list>& 
> boost::optional<boost::log::v2_mt_posix::attributes::named_scope_list>::operator=<boost::log::v2_mt_posix::attributes::named_scope_list&>(boost::log::v2_mt_posix::attributes::named_scope_list&)'.
> "./boost/optional/optional.hpp", line 962: Note: Viable candidate 
> 'boost::optional<boost::log::v2_mt_posix::attributes::named_scope_list>& 
> boost::optional<boost::log::v2_mt_posix::attributes::named_scope_list>::operator=<boost::log::v2_mt_posix::attributes::named_scope_list&>(boost::log::v2_mt_posix::attributes::named_scope_list&)'.
> 2. Problem with Boost.Python with this error message:
> "libs/python/src/numpy/dtype.cpp", line 61: Error: NPY_FLOAT16 is not 
> defined.
> Note that these two errors are the cause of 9 Boost shared libraries to 
> not be generated.
> I would appreciate it very much if someone could give me some pointers 
> on how to resolve the above issues.
> Kind regards,
> Leo