Boost libraries update?

Hello,

searching for the boost library for amiga, i found that last version is the 1.3.1.

http://www.os4depot.net/index.php?fun ... nt/library/misc/boost.lha

Anyone could try to port the last version?

I think more than a couple of persons could say "I tried." Meaning it takes more effort than that.

Much of boost functionality is in just the header files so depending on what is needed you might get away with just installing the boost headers directly into the SDK.

The boost build system (bjam) is really annoying to work with so it is easier to either just compile the relevant .cpp files directly along with any program that needs them or to compile and build single boost libraries manually as needed.

@salass00

thank you

I sent you a PM.

@salass00

trying to compile the Latest Boost libraries 1.59

Just to begin i modified the bootstrap.sh file:

TOOLSET=""

with

TOOLSET="gcc"


The bootstrap starts, but i encounter the first error, common to all modules:

in file included from command.c jam.h: fatal error: memory.h: No such file or directory

Perhaps you can replace <memory.h> with <string.h> and see how far you get?

@Thematic

memory.h exists in Sdk....exec...
I even added the directory to path, but the file could be not found.

Moreover, this is the line containing the error:

it's related to codewarrior

#ifndef __MWERKS__
#include<memory.h>
#endif

@AmigaBlitter
Quote:
Exec/memory.h won't be the same as the memory.h that you need

I just did a search, and here's the mingw32 version of that file (link:


So Thematic's suggestion sounds pretty solid. I suggest adding the file above to your includes.

Hans

Thank you: i will try tomorrow.

Thank you to Thematics and Hans

Thanks to the dudes mentioned above, i moved alittle forward:

Getting some error as follow:

execunix.c: In function 'exec_cmd':
execunix.c:140:22: error: storage size of 'ignore' isn't known
struct sigaction ignore, saveintr, savequit;
^
execunix.c:140:30: error: storage size of 'saveintr' isn't known
struct sigaction ignore, saveintr, savequit;
^
execunix.c:140:40: error: storage size of 'savequit' isn't known
struct sigaction ignore, saveintr, savequit;
^
execunix.c:201:36: error: '_SC_CLK_TCK' undeclared (first use in this function)
if ( !tps ) tps = sysconf( _SC_CLK_TCK );
^
execunix.c:201:36: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
execunix.c:221:21: error: 'SIG_BLOCK' undeclared (first use in this function)
if (sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &chldmask, &savemask) < 0)
^
execunix.c:240:21: error: 'SIG_SETMASK' undeclared (first use in this function)
sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &savemask, NULL);
^
execunix.c:257:27: error: storage size of 'r_limit' isn't known
struct rlimit r_limit;
^
execunix.c:260:24: error: 'RLIMIT_CPU' undeclared (first use in this function)
setrlimit( RLIMIT_CPU, &r_limit );
^
execunix.c: In function 'exec_wait':
execunix.c:489:25: error: 'SIG_BLOCK' undeclared (first use in this function)
sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &sigmask, NULL);
^
execunix.c:494:25: error: 'SIG_UNBLOCK' undeclared (first use in this function)
sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &sigmask, NULL);
^

@thread

I heard game devs dont use BOOST as much, as they have faster interfaces.

Here is a link to Electronic Arts Standard Template Library

Which have some efficient routines which may improve our software.

http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2271.html

https://github.com/paulhodge/EASTL

@asymetrix
That's irrelevant from the point of applications that do use Boost.

@asymetrix

Thank you for the informations.

Boost libraries are needed by some game... and would cost more time to adapt other routines

@AmigaBlitter


WE simply don't have sigaction sigprocmask() etc in our C libraries, they are not particularly meaningful on AmigaOS

To some extent they can be emulated with signal()

Does this thing have a configure script? And if so did you run it or how did you work arround it?

If there is a config.h or similar you may need to manually edit some defines to indicate which eaders or structures / functions are available.

@broadblues

bootstrap.sh is the first file the boosters dude suggested to run. The build prois based on Bjam. I've read everywhere that build and configure boost is a pain...

Here's a tutorial:

https://theseekersquill.wordpress.com/2010/08/24/howto-boost-mingw/

http://www.boost.org/build/doc/html/

www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_41_0/ ... ml#easy-build-and-install

@AmigaBlitter

Quote:

If that's the case on it's tartget systems I'd just give up and go work on something easier and more productive.

I you insist on banging your head against the wall, try and get access to the src of the previous amigaos port and see what was changed.

@broadblues

I will check the minimum boost library required by these games.

As for the original boost libraries ported by ssolie (if i recall well) there are not explanation and the build process is a little change since then (2006)

@AmigaBlitter

A quick an cursory search of teh src as included in the SDK (or at least one of my older SDKs the latest in on my X1k and I'm on the SAM ATM) shows that execunix.c is part of the tools/build/jam_srx subproject.

If you study that for more than 5 seconds you'll see execamiga.c and a number of other #?amiga.c files, do these exist in your latest srcs? If not you'll need to modify the src tree adding them as required and updating the BJAM srcs in build.sh



Also there is a line #if defined(sun) || defined(__sun) || defined(linux) at the top of execunix.c which should prevent it's compilation.

It would gain you alot to study the differences and additions between the old port and the new code, especially since you need to port jam first before you can start on boost.

@broadblues

Thank you for the informations