Re: [openvrml-develop] problem compiling openvrml

[Braden M. <br...@en...>]

Jason Keltz wrote:
> Braden McDaniel wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 09:33 -0500, Jason Keltz wrote:
>>
>>> I posted this message to the openvrml discussion list, but I have a 
>>> feeling that wasn't the right place.. my apologies..
>>
>>
>>
>> openvrml-develop is the only OpenVRML discussion list I know about. It
>> is subscriber only, though, to avoid spam; so please subscribe the list
>> if you intend to continue posting.
> 
> 
> If you look on the main sourceforge page where you list the versions, my 
> question appears at the bottom of that now.  whoops.

Ah, right. I wish SourceForge provided a means to disable responses to 
news items.

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>> Possible; but this error looks more like *your C++ compiler* is not
>> compatible with the latest Boost. What gcc version are you using?
> 
> I am using GCC version 3.2.2.
> 
> I guess I can try the previous boost version if you think that 1.32.0 
> might work... Boost takes forever to compile!

gcc 3.2.2 is a bit old; I don't know if Boost claims to support it or 
not. Boost 1.32.0 probably stands a better chance of working with that 
compiler simply by virtue of being older, though.

You can thank the broken philosophy behind Boost's build system for the 
length of its compile time. I believe it compiles *every* configuration 
variant supported by its build system as a matter of course. So you end 
up compiling the same library multiple times in different ways. This is, 
presumably, a convenience for the Boost developers who want to test all 
configurations. But it's a hell of a thing to impose on users.

Braden