Boost C++ Libraries: Ticket #8769: Fails to build Boog.Log using Apple GCC 4.2.1

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manphiz@… — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 08:10:58 GMT

attachment → boost_1.54.0_snow_leopard_build.log.gz

Full build log of 1.54.0 using Apple GCC 4.2.1 on Mac OS X 10.6.

anonymous — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 08:13:14 GMT

Sorry, my mistake: Apple GCC has not been shipped since XCode 4.0, but is still provided by the R project and widely used.

Andrey Semashev — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 08:27:00 GMT

From the compile errors it looks like the compiler can't cope with TR1 result_of protocol. If that's the case, I'm afraid I can't help it because this basically renders filters and formatters useless. Note that the compiler is listed as not supported in the test farm and the docs (not explicitly) for this reason.

I do not have access to this platform, so I cannot experiment with it. So the only way I can add support for this compiler is by applying a patch. Do you have one?

Wed, 03 Jul 2013 08:48:32 GMT

So this looks like similar problem with https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/8639, which is understandable as GCC 4.2 is also quite old. Though I'd like to look into this, it will take time and given the complexity of the library it won't happen soon.

Marshall Clow — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 13:30:23 GMT

If you look at the test results, you'll notice that all the log tests have been marked "expected fail" on Mac OS X with gcc 4.2.1

status changed; resolution set

Andrey Semashev — Sat, 20 Jul 2013 18:07:03 GMT

status new → closed
resolution → wontfix

I'm closing this ticket for now. Feel free to reopen it if you have a patch.