Boost C++ Libraries: Ticket #11874: Compilation error with GCC4.6 in C++11 mode

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kratz00@… — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 17:44:41 GMT

I was just testing 1.62.0 beta 2 and ran into this issue.

Used compiler: g++ (Ubuntu/Linaro? 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) 4.6.3

Boost build commands:

./bootstrap.sh --with-libraries=filesystem,exception,program_options,test,signals --prefix=/usr
./b2 link=shared runtime-link=shared optimization=speed variant=release cxxflags="-std=c++0x" install

With the same settings etc. I can successfully compile and run my code with Boost 1.59.0.

Let me know if you need more information to reproduce and fix this error.

Emil Dotchevski — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 19:57:13 GMT

Can I have an updated error log?

kratz00@… — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 20:04:17 GMT

The log is exactly the same or do you mean something else?

Emil Dotchevski — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 20:20:05 GMT

The problem is that the line numbers have changed and there are two similar lines, currently 60 and 67. The original report refers to value rather than value_, which probably means the error is at what is now line 60, though there may also be an error at line 67.

Maybe you can try the fix suggested in the original report?

kratz00@… — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 20:47:42 GMT

Here is the compile error I get with 1.62.0 beta 2

/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/info.hpp: In instantiation of 'boost::error_info<boost::errinfo_errno_, int>':
/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/errinfo_errno.hpp:36:16:   instantiated from here
/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/info.hpp:66:5: error: 'class boost::error_info<boost::errinfo_errno_, int>' has no member named 'value_'
/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/info.hpp: In instantiation of 'boost::error_info<boost::tag_original_exception_type, const std::type_info*>':
/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/detail/exception_ptr.hpp:95:32:   instantiated from here
/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/info.hpp:66:5: error: 'class boost::error_info<boost::tag_original_exception_type, const std::type_info*>' has no member named 'value_'
/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/info.hpp: In instantiation of 'boost::error_info<YAPL::yerror_info_string, std::basic_string<char> >':
/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/yapl_linux.cpp:92:91:   instantiated from here
/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/info.hpp:66:5: error: 'class boost::error_info<YAPL::yerror_info_string, std::basic_string<char> >' has no member named 'value_'

Regarding the suggested fix, I am not sure what to do with it.

Emil Dotchevski — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 01:47:50 GMT

Can you tell me what Exception headers are included in what order in yapl_linux.cpp?

kratz00@… — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 06:13:26 GMT

Sure, here is the full trace:

[  8%] Building CXX object yapl/CMakeFiles/yapl.dir/yapl_linux.cpp.o
In file included from /home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/diagnostic_information.hpp:17:0,
                 from /home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/all.hpp:15,
                 from /home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/yapl.h:7,
                 from /home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/yapl_linux.h:5,
                 from /home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/yapl_linux.cpp:1:
/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/info.hpp: In instantiation of ‘boost::error_info<boost::errinfo_errno_, int>’:
/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/errinfo_errno.hpp:36:16:   instantiated from here
/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/info.hpp:66:5: error: ‘class boost::error_info<boost::errinfo_errno_, int>’ has no member named ‘value_’
/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/info.hpp: In instantiation of ‘boost::error_info<boost::tag_original_exception_type, const std::type_info*>’:
/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/detail/exception_ptr.hpp:95:32:   instantiated from here
/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/info.hpp:66:5: error: ‘class boost::error_info<boost::tag_original_exception_type, const std::type_info*>’ has no member named ‘value_’
/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/info.hpp: In instantiation of ‘boost::error_info<YAPL::yerror_info_string, std::basic_string<char> >’:
/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/yapl_linux.cpp:92:91:   instantiated from here
/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/info.hpp:66:5: error: ‘class boost::error_info<YAPL::yerror_info_string, std::basic_string<char> >’ has no member named ‘value_’
make[2]: *** [yapl/CMakeFiles/yapl.dir/yapl_linux.cpp.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [yapl/CMakeFiles/yapl.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

kratz00@… — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 17:13:05 GMT

I did not expect it to work, but I just tested boost 1.62 anyway. No suprise, the error still exists and the trace looks the same:

[ 16%] Building CXX object yapl/CMakeFiles/yapl.dir/yapl_linux.cpp.o
In file included from /home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/diagnostic_information.hpp:17:0,
                 from /home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/all.hpp:15,
                 from /home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/yapl.h:7,
                 from /home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/yapl_linux.h:5,
                 from /home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/yapl_linux.cpp:1:
/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/info.hpp: In instantiation of ‘boost::error_info<boost::errinfo_errno_, int>’:
/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/errinfo_errno.hpp:36:16:   instantiated from here
/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/info.hpp:66:5: error: ‘class boost::error_info<boost::errinfo_errno_, int>’ has no member named ‘value_’
/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/info.hpp: In instantiation of ‘boost::error_info<boost::tag_original_exception_type, const std::type_info*>’:
/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/detail/exception_ptr.hpp:95:32:   instantiated from here
/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/info.hpp:66:5: error: ‘class boost::error_info<boost::tag_original_exception_type, const std::type_info*>’ has no member named ‘value_’
/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/info.hpp: In instantiation of ‘boost::error_info<YAPL::yerror_info_string, std::basic_string<char> >’:
/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/yapl_linux.cpp:92:91:   instantiated from here
/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/info.hpp:66:5: error: ‘class boost::error_info<YAPL::yerror_info_string, std::basic_string<char> >’ has no member named ‘value_’
make[2]: *** [yapl/CMakeFiles/yapl.dir/yapl_linux.cpp.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [yapl/CMakeFiles/yapl.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

kratz00@… — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 17:09:54 GMT

Any news on this issue?

Emil Dotchevski — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 01:31:30 GMT

I just looked at it again, I can't quite make sense of it. The definition of the error_info template does have a member named 'value_'. That template will be defined if you include info.hpp, but it is declared and left incomplete if you only include error_info.hpp. Is it possible that the error you're getting is because in this context info.hpp hasn't been included?

kratz00@… — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 10:22:36 GMT

Thanks Emil for looking into this.

This is test code (test.cpp), which reproduces the error:

#include <string>
#include <boost/exception/error_info.hpp>
#include <boost/exception/exception.hpp>
#include <boost/exception/info.hpp>
struct MyException: virtual boost::exception {};
typedef boost::error_info<struct error_info_string, std::string> errorInfoString;
int main(void) {
    throw MyException() << errorInfoString("doh");
    return 0;
}

g++ -std=c++0x -I/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include test.cpp

In file included from test.cpp:4:0:
/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/info.hpp: In instantiation of ‘boost::error_info<error_info_string, std::basic_string<char> >’:
test.cpp:10:49:   instantiated from here
/home/buildhost/delete_me_kratz00/yapl/test/3rd-party-libraries/library-boost/i386-linux-gnu/include/boost/exception/info.hpp:66:5: error: ‘class boost::error_info<error_info_string, std::basic_string<char> >’ has no member named ‘value_’

Emil Dotchevski — Sat, 05 Nov 2016 00:25:23 GMT

Can you please try with latest develop branch? There was a bug where some types were defined as struct in one place and as class in another, and that's fixed now. With latest develop, I get no error with gcc 4.8.5.

kratz00@… — Sat, 05 Nov 2016 16:54:16 GMT

Hi Emil

I've tested the develop branch: the result stays the same :(

Do you by any chance have access to an Ubuntu 12.04 system? As such a system has the compiler in question.

gr — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 12:29:54 GMT

#include <iostream>
#include <boost/algorithm/hex.hpp>
int main(void)
{
    std::cout << boost::algorithm::hex(std::string("hi")) << "\n";
    return 0;
}

/deps/boost_1_62_0/boost/exception/info.hpp: In instantiation of ‘boost::error_info<boost::algorithm::bad_char_, char>’:
/deps/boost_1_62_0/boost/algorithm/hex.hpp:75:14:   instantiated from here
/deps/boost_1_62_0/boost/exception/info.hpp:66:5: error: ‘class boost::error_info<boost::algorithm::bad_char_, char>’ has no member named ‘value_’

# g++ -v 2>&1 | grep version
gcc version 4.6.3 (GCC)

gr — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 13:40:08 GMT

boost/exception/exception.hpp contains specialization for error_info with member v_ instead value_

kratz00@… — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 17:53:16 GMT

I just gave boost 1.63 a spin, as expected, the error is still there. The error is exactly the same as before.

Emil Dotchevski — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 08:13:53 GMT

Can you confirm that the error_info_basic_test.cpp I added is equivalent to the one that issues the error for you? It succeeds for me under gcc-4.6.3, see https://travis-ci.org/boostorg/exception/jobs/188456592

kratz00@… — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 09:07:45 GMT

With error_info_basic_test.cpp I get the same error, as with my test code. I think what you are missing in your travis build is the compiler flag ("-std=c++0x") and that is the reason it succeeds.

status changed; resolution set

Emil Dotchevski — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 01:03:59 GMT

status new → closed
resolution → fixed

Added workaround for g++4.6

anonymous — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 17:40:23 GMT

This isn't fixed. Boost 1.6.3, gcc 4.6.3 with flag -std=gnu++0x on Ubuntu 12.04.5. Same problem as above.

Emil Dotchevski — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 03:13:41 GMT

Please see https://travis-ci.org/boostorg/exception/jobs/203665051, notice CXXSTD=c++0x and the output of g++ --version:

g++ (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) 4.6.3

Am I missing something?

kratz00@… — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 19:22:18 GMT

Hi Emil

I was just testing version 1.64.0 beta 1 and I could still reproduce this bug. Did the fix not make it in the beta?

guenterbe@… — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 14:42:25 GMT

Replying to Emil Dotchevski:

Please see https://travis-ci.org/boostorg/exception/jobs/203665051, notice CXXSTD=c++0x and the output of g++ --version:

g++ (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) 4.6.3

Am I missing something?

Yes. Building the boost libs as you did is no problem.

The easiest way to reproduce the problem (gcc-4.6.4, c++0x mode, boost 1.64):

#include <boost/thread.hpp>
int main()
{
}

Compiling results in:

/opt/wandbox/boost-1.64.0/gcc-4.6.4/include/boost/exception/info.hpp:66:5: error: 'class boost::error_info<boost::tag_original_exception_type, const std::type_info*>' has no member named 'value_'

status, version changed; resolution deleted

guenterbe@… — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 14:48:41 GMT

status closed → reopened
version Boost 1.60.0 → Boost 1.64.0
resolution fixed

Compiling

#include <boost/thread.hpp>

will fail with gcc-4.6.4, c++0x and boost-1.64:

boost-1.64.0/gcc-4.6.4/include/boost/exception/info.hpp:66:5: error: 'class boost::error_info<boost::tag_original_exception_type, const std::type_info*>' has no member named 'value_'

(It used to work with boost 1.57, other versions not tested)

Emil Dotchevski — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 00:23:24 GMT

Can you try with the develop branch?

Wed, 12 Jul 2017 09:10:29 GMT

Had same issue, but can confirm it does compile on the develop branch - not surprising because the code (error_info_impl.hpp) is guarded with:

#if (__GNUC__*100+__GNUC_MINOR__!=406) //workaround for g++ bug

We found that boost::thread fails to compile with the 1.64.0 release.
Compiler call (with -d2):
(Our user-config.jam points to g++4.6.4 with -std=c++0x).

./b2 --user-config=./user-config.jam toolset=gcc-std0x link=static -q -d2 --with-thread

gcc.compile.c++ bin.v2/libs/thread/build/gcc-std0x/release/link-static/threading-multi/pthread/thread.o
    "g++"  -ftemplate-depth-128 -std=c++0x -O3 -finline-functions -Wno-inline -Wall -pedantic -pthread -m64 -Wextra -Wno-long-long -Wno-unused-parameter -Wunused-function -pedantic -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1 -DBOOST_SYSTEM_STATIC_LINK=1 -DBOOST_THREAD_BUILD_LIB=1 -DBOOST_THREAD_DONT_USE_CHRONO -DBOOST_THREAD_POSIX -DNDEBUG  -I"." -c -o "bin.v2/libs/thread/build/gcc-std0x/release/link-static/threading-multi/pthread/thread.o" "libs/thread/src/pthread/thread.cpp"
In file included from ./boost/config.hpp:61:0,
                 from ./boost/thread/detail/config.hpp:11,
                 from libs/thread/src/pthread/thread.cpp:9:
./boost/exception/info.hpp:67:42: error: declaration of ‘boost::error_info<Tag, T>::error_info(boost::error_info<Tag, T>&&) noexcept (noexcept ((boost::error_info<Tag, T>::value_type)(std::move(boost::error_info<Tag, T>::x.value_))))’ has a different exception specifier
     error_info( error_info<Tag,T> && x ) BOOST_NOEXCEPT_IF(BOOST_NOEXCEPT_EXPR(value_type(std::move(error_info<Tag,T>::x.value_)))):
                                          ^
In file included from ./boost/exception/info.hpp:17:0,
                 from ./boost/exception/detail/exception_ptr.hpp:20,
                 from ./boost/exception_ptr.hpp:9,
                 from ./boost/thread/exceptional_ptr.hpp:10,
                 from ./boost/thread/future.hpp:25,
                 from libs/thread/src/pthread/thread.cpp:19:
./boost/exception/detail/error_info_impl.hpp:54:9: error: from previous declaration ‘boost::error_info<Tag, T>::error_info(boost::error_info<Tag, T>&&) noexcept (noexcept ((boost::error_info<Tag, T>::value_type)(std::move(x.value_))))’
         error_info( error_info<Tag,T> && x ) BOOST_NOEXCEPT_IF(BOOST_NOEXCEPT_EXPR(value_type(std::move(x.value_))));
         ^

Wed, 12 Jul 2017 09:31:43 GMT

Gah...this time I'll copy-paste the genuine error, and not my test code:

gcc.compile.c++ bin.v2/libs/context/build/gcc-std0x/release/link-static/threading-multi/posix/stack_traits.o
    "g++"  -ftemplate-depth-128 -std=c++0x -O3 -finline-functions -Wno-inline -Wall -pthread -m64  -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1 -DBOOST_CHRONO_STATIC_LINK=1 -DBOOST_CONTEXT_SOURCE -DBOOST_DISABLE_ASSERTS -DBOOST_SYSTEM_NO_DEPRECATED -DBOOST_SYSTEM_STATIC_LINK=1 -DBOOST_THREAD_BUILD_LIB=1 -DBOOST_THREAD_POSIX -DBOOST_THREAD_USE_LIB=1 -DNDEBUG  -I"." -c -o "bin.v2/libs/context/build/gcc-std0x/release/link-static/threading-multi/posix/stack_traits.o" "libs/context/src/posix/stack_traits.cpp"
In file included from ./boost/exception/detail/exception_ptr.hpp:20:0,
                 from ./boost/exception_ptr.hpp:9,
                 from ./boost/thread/exceptional_ptr.hpp:10,
                 from ./boost/thread/future.hpp:25,
                 from ./boost/thread.hpp:24,
                 from libs/context/src/posix/stack_traits.cpp:24:
./boost/exception/info.hpp: In instantiation of 'boost::error_info<boost::tag_original_exception_type, const std::type_info*>':
./boost/exception/detail/exception_ptr.hpp:95:32:   instantiated from here
./boost/exception/info.hpp:66:5: error: 'class boost::error_info<boost::tag_original_exception_type, const std::type_info*>' has no member named 'value_'
...failed gcc.compile.c++ bin.v2/libs/context/build/gcc-std0x/release/link-static/threading-multi/posix/stack_traits.o...
gcc.compile.c++ bin.v2/libs/thread/build/gcc-std0x/release/link-static/threading-multi/pthread/thread.o
    "g++"  -ftemplate-depth-128 -std=c++0x -O3 -finline-functions -Wno-inline -Wall -pedantic -pthread -m64 -Wextra -Wno-long-long -Wno-unused-parameter -Wunused-function -pedantic -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1 -DBOOST_SYSTEM_STATIC_LINK=1 -DBOOST_THREAD_BUILD_LIB=1 -DBOOST_THREAD_DONT_USE_CHRONO -DBOOST_THREAD_POSIX -DNDEBUG  -I"." -c -o "bin.v2/libs/thread/build/gcc-std0x/release/link-static/threading-multi/pthread/thread.o" "libs/thread/src/pthread/thread.cpp"
In file included from ./boost/exception/detail/exception_ptr.hpp:20:0,
                 from ./boost/exception_ptr.hpp:9,
                 from ./boost/thread/exceptional_ptr.hpp:10,
                 from ./boost/thread/future.hpp:25,
                 from libs/thread/src/pthread/thread.cpp:19:
./boost/exception/info.hpp: In instantiation of 'boost::error_info<boost::tag_original_exception_type, const std::type_info*>':
./boost/exception/detail/exception_ptr.hpp:95:32:   instantiated from here
./boost/exception/info.hpp:66:5: error: 'class boost::error_info<boost::tag_original_exception_type, const std::type_info*>' has no member named 'value_'

kratz00@… — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 13:06:47 GMT

Looks like a fix for this ticket has made it into the Boost 1.65.0 beta 1 release, at least my code works with this version.

Thanks.

kratz00@… — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 16:05:57 GMT

Like the beta, the final 1.65.0 release fixes the reported problem for me. I think this ticket can be closed now.