Seg Fault running bcp in 1.61.0 when trying to build in custom namespace

[Matthew Russell <mrussell@…>]

Using Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS, I was trying to install boost 1.61.0 in a custom name space.

I downloaded boost, placed it into a directory, ran:

$ ./booststap $ ./b2 tools/bcp $ mkdir -p /tmp/myboost $ ./dist/bin/bcp --namespace=myboost --namespace-alias accumulators algorithm array asio assign atomic bimap bind context chrono circular_buffer crc date_time filesystem foreach format fusion function geometry interprocess iostreams iterator lexical_cast lockfree math mpl pool program_options property_tree ptr_container random range regex signals2 system smart_ptr test thread timer tokenizer tuple utility uuid build boostrap.bat bootstrap.sh boostcpp.jam boost-build.jam /tmp/myboost/

This yields pages and pages of warnings, mostly about missing assets, and then seg faults.

CAUTION: don't know how to trace depenencies through macro: "PP1" in file: boost/type_traits/detail/is_function_ptr_helper.hpp
CAUTION: don't know how to trace depenencies through macro: "PP1" in file: boost/type_traits/detail/is_function_ptr_helper.hpp
CAUTION: don't know how to trace depenencies through macro: "PP1" in file: boost/type_traits/detail/is_function_ptr_helper.hpp
CAUTION: don't know how to trace depenencies through macro: "PP1" in file: boost/type_traits/detail/is_function_ptr_tester.hpp

...

CAUTION: don't know how to trace depenencies through macro: "PPI" in file: boost/type_traits/detail/is_mem_fun_pointer_tester.hpp
INFO: tracking source dependencies of library smart_ptr due to presence of "void sp_scalar_constructor_hook( void * px, std::size_t size, void * pn );" in file "boost/smart_ptr/detail/sp_counted_impl.hpp"
CAUTION: dependent file libs/accumulators/doc/html/boost/accumulators/impl/../../../images/accumulators//form_113.png does not exist.
   Found while scanning file libs/accumulators/doc/html/boost/accumulators/impl/weighted_variance_impl.html
CAUTION: dependent file libs/accumulators/doc/html/boost/accumulators/impl/../../../images/accumulators//form_6.png does not exist.
   Found while scanning file libs/accumulators/doc/html/boost/accumulators/impl/weighted_variance_impl.html
CAUTION: dependent file libs/accumulators/doc/html/boost/accumulators/impl/../../../images/accumulators//form_5.png does not exist.

...

CAUTION: dependent file libs/asio/doc/html/boost_asio/reference/generic__datagram_protocol/../../../../../doc/src/boostbook.css does not exist.
   Found while scanning file libs/asio/doc/html/boost_asio/reference/generic__datagram_protocol/datagram_protocol.html
CAUTION: dependent file libs/asio/doc/html/boost_asio/reference/generic__datagram_protocol/datagram_protocol/../../../../../../doc/src/boostbook.css does not exist.
   Found while scanning file libs/asio/doc/html/boost_asio/reference/generic__datagram_protocol/datagram_protocol/overload1.html
CAUTION: dependent file libs/asio/doc/html/boost_asio/reference/generic__raw_protocol/../../../../../doc/src/boostbook.css does not exist.
   Found while scanning file libs/asio/doc/html/boost_asio/reference/generic__raw_protocol/endpoint.html
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

I've tried with relative paths and absolute paths, I've also reduced the number of packages, etc.. no difference.

The same procedure works however with 1.60.0.

[anonymous]

I experienced the same problem with boost 1.62.

My steps to reproduce:

wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.62.0/boost_1_62_0.tar.bz2
tar vxfj boost_1_62_0.tar.bz2
cd boost_1_62_0
./bootstrap.sh
./b2 --ignore-site-config tools/bcp
mkdir -p ../myboost_src_1_62_0
./dist/bin/bcp --boost=. --namespace=myboost --namespace-alias asio ../myboost_src_1_62_0

Problem is reproducible with different versions of Debian and Ubuntu systems.

[anonymous]

Is there a resolution here. I saw similar issues on centos7.

[anonymous]

Is there a resolution here. I saw similar issues on centos7.