https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/22 <pre class="wiki">OS: RH7.1 gcc: 2.96.85 The following defect stops the compilation: user@host&gt; jam -sBOOST_ROOT=. -sTOOLS="gcc" traits_type, Allocator&gt; &amp;) [with iterator = boost::re_detail::mapfile_iterator, charT = char, traits_type = boost::regex_traits&lt;char&gt;, Allocator = allocator&lt;char&gt;]': boost/regex/detail/regex_match.hpp:566: instantiated from `boost::re_detail::query_match_aux (iterator, iterator, boost::match_results&lt;iterator, Allocator&gt; &amp;, const boost::reg_expression&lt;charT, traits, Allocator2&gt; &amp;, unsigned int, boost::re_detail::_priv_match_data&lt;iterator, Allocator&gt; &amp;, iterator *) [with iterator = boost::re_detail::mapfile_iterator, Allocator = allocator&lt;char&gt;, charT = char, traits = boost::regex_traits&lt;char&gt;, Allocator2 = allocator&lt;char&gt;]' boost/regex/detail/regex_match.hpp:1114: instantiated from `boost::re_detail::reg_grep2 (Predicate, I, I, const boost::reg_expression&lt;charT, traits, Allocator2&gt; &amp;, unsigned int, A2) [with Predicate = boost::re_detail::pred4, I = boost::re_detail::mapfile_iterator, charT = char, traits = boost::regex_traits&lt;char&gt;, A = allocator&lt;char&gt;, A2 = allocator&lt;char&gt;]' boost/regex/detail/regex_match.hpp:1773: instantiated from `boost::regex_grep (Predicate, iterator, iterator, const boost::reg_expression&lt;charT, traits, Allocator2&gt; &amp;, unsigned int) [with Predicate = boost::re_detail::pred4, iterator = boost::re_detail::mapfile_iterator, charT = char, traits = boost::regex_traits&lt;char&gt;, Allocator = allocator&lt;char&gt;]' libs/regex/build/../src/cregex.cpp:387: instantiated from here boost/regex.hpp:244: Internal compiler error in scan_region, at except.c:2809 Please submit a full bug report. See &lt;URL:http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/&gt; for instructions. g++ -c -Wall -ftemplate-depth-100 -DNDEBUG - DBOOST_RE_BUILD_DLL=1 -O4 -finline-functions -Wno- inline -fPIC -I"libs/regex/build" -I"." - o "libs/regex/build/bin/libboost_regex.so/gcc/release/r untime-link-dynamic/shared-linkable- true/cregex.o" "libs/regex/build/../src/cregex.cpp" ...failed gcc-C++-action libs/regex/build/bin/libboost_regex.so/gcc/release/runt ime-link-dynamic/shared-linkable-true/cregex.o ... gcc-C++-action libs/regex/build/bin/libboost_regex.so/gcc/release/runt ime-link-dynamic/shared-linkable-true/fileiter.o gcc-C++-action libs/regex/build/bin/libboost_regex.so/gcc/release/runt ime-link-dynamic/shared-linkable-true/posix_api.o gcc-C++-action libs/regex/build/bin/libboost_regex.so/gcc/release/runt ime-link-dynamic/shared-linkable-true/regex.o gcc-C++-action libs/regex/build/bin/libboost_regex.so/gcc/release/runt ime-link-dynamic/shared-linkable-true/regex_debug.o gcc-C++-action libs/regex/build/bin/libboost_regex.so/gcc/release/runt ime-link-dynamic/shared-linkable-true/regex_synch.o gcc-C++-action libs/regex/build/bin/libboost_regex.so/gcc/release/runt ime-link-dynamic/shared-linkable- true/w32_regex_traits.o gcc-C++-action libs/regex/build/bin/libboost_regex.so/gcc/release/runt ime-link-dynamic/shared-linkable-true/wide_posix_api.o ...skipped &lt;libs!regex! build/libboost_regex.so/gcc/release/runtime-link- dynamic/shared-linkable-true&gt;libboost_regex.so for lack of &lt;libs!regex! build/libboost_regex.so/gcc/release/runtime-link- dynamic/shared-linkable-true&gt;cregex.o... ...failed updating 2 targets... ...skipped 2 targets... ...updated 117 targets... Can someone please help me identify the cause of the problem. Is this really a compiler error as mentioned above. thanks, -Syed. </pre> en-us /htdocs/site/boost.png https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/22 Trac 1.4.3 pberndt Wed, 16 Oct 2002 12:58:18 GMT https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/22#comment:2 https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/22#comment:2 <ul> <li><strong>status</strong> <span class="trac-field-old">assigned</span> → <span class="trac-field-new">closed</span> </li> </ul> <pre class="wiki">Logged In: YES user_id=14804 Yes, it is a compiler bug - upgrading to gcc 3.3 will fix the issue. If you have a patch that fixes the problem for 2.96 then I will apply it, but I'm not going to spend time looking for one given that this is a non-official gcc release. John Maddock </pre> Ticket