Boost compatibility with Interix

[Andrin Foster <akf@…>]

When including the boost libraries on a Windows XP SP3 machine via Interix v3.5 using gcc 3.4.6 I would receive a number of pre-compiler errors complaining that boost threads were "unavailable on this platform". I resolved this issue by including the following code prior to the first inclusion of a boost library:

#ifdef ARCH_Interix an internal definition

# include <boost/config.hpp>

# define BOOST_HAS_THREADS

# define BOOST_HAS_PTHREADS

#endif

There must be a more eloquent way of setting the thread definitions for Interix from within files such as /boost/thread/detail/platform.hpp, boost/thread/detail/config.hpp, or boost/config/select_platform_config.hpp. I'll leave that to the development teams prerogative. In any case, making the boost libraries comparable with Interix should not be overly complex. Please let me know if I can provide more information.

[Andrin Foster <akf@…>]

please note, "an internal definition" is meant to be commented. where

ARCH_Interix

is the SDS equivalent of what would be

__INTERIX__

in Boost style.

[Edward Diener]

This needs to be filed as a config issue and not a preprocessor issue.