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[gsoc17] Boost will be participating in Google Summer of Code in 2017
by Niall Douglas 27 Feb '17

27 Feb '17

I am very pleased to inform the Boost community that Google accepted us into their Summer of Code programme this year. This was especially welcome after we were given "a year off" last year which could have caused substantial disruption to the multi year student projects had it not been due to the timely action of the steering committee and generous sponsorship of a stop gap Boost Summer of Code in 2016 by IMC Financial Markets. Last year Google completely rebuilt the Summer of Code website so it no longer is anything like it was before. Now we must individually invite those who vote on student projects, so *anyone willing to rank student project proposals* can you please email us with your details: 1. Your email address matching your Google Account so we can invite you onto the GSoC programme. 2. (Optional) your email address matching your Github Account so we can invite you onto the Boost GSoC github org for 2017 as a potential mentor. Our thanks to those who have already added project ideas to https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/SoC2017, but we need MORE ideas and MORE potential project mentors. Follow the project idea template at https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/GSoCIdeaTemplate and either add it straight to the wiki page or email it to us so we can add it for you. Our thanks to all in advance.

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Generate SSL certificate, chain file, dh and key for boost::asio::ssl::context
by jupiter 27 Feb '17

27 Feb '17

Hi, I think I can use openssl to generate those self signed files, correct? I saw some programs use 4 use_certificate_chain_file, use_certificate_file, use_private_key_file and use_tmp_dh_file in both server and client sites, but I also saw some test program only use one ca.pem in client site and 3 use_certificate_chain_file, use_private_key_file and use_tmp_dh_file in server site, which is correct or better? Any guideline? Thank you.

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Monitor lost client data connections
by jupiter 27 Feb '17

27 Feb '17

Hi, I have a server socket connected by many clients using boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket to set up server socket connection and to use boost::asio::ip::tcp::acceptor async_accept for new client connections. The client may come and go, so I need to check if the connection is still valid or not before sending message to clients. How can I check if a client connection is no longer valid? My server does not seem get any indication when a client terminate the connection. Thank you. Kind regards, - j

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[context/coroutine] DLL link errors in VS2015
by Gavin Lambert 26 Feb '17

26 Feb '17

I'm migrating some existing code that uses Boost.Coroutine from VS2013 to VS2015 and from Boost 1.55 to Boost 1.60. (Minor aside: coroutine<T>::push_type had an empty() method in 1.55 which has vanished in 1.60. This was mildly annoying but easily fixed by using operator! instead.) The code builds and runs fine as-is in VS2015 with Boost 1.60. However I wanted to try migrating to Boost.Coroutine2 as well, since Coroutine is deprecated. This however gives me the following errors: t:\boost\boost_1_60_0\boost\context\execution_context.ipp(209): warning C4251: 'boost::context::execution_context::ptr_': class 'boost::intrusive_ptr<boost::context::detail::activation_record>' needs to have dll-interface to be used by clients of class 'boost::context::execution_context' t:\boost\boost_1_60_0\boost\context\execution_context.ipp(54): note: see declaration of 'boost::intrusive_ptr<boost::context::detail::activation_record>' error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: static class boost::intrusive_ptr<struct boost::context::detail::activation_record> boost::context::detail::activation_record::current_rec" (?current_rec@activation_record@detail@context@boost@@2V?$intrusive_ptr@Uactivation_record@detail@context@boost@@@4@A) I'm building with BOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK, in case that makes a difference. Is this a known issue? Is it fixed in a later Boost release? (FWIW, Boost.Coroutine also generates C4251 with a different symbol but does not generate LNK2001, so the application still works.)

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Re: [Boost-users] Building Boost 1.63.0 with Oracle Developer Studio 12.5
by Leo Carreon 26 Feb '17

26 Feb '17

These are the issues I have discovered after examining the build log: a.. Error message during configuration check: error: No best alternative for libs/context/build/asm/make_x86_64_sysv_elf_gas.o next alternative: required properties: <threading>multi b.. Warning message during configuration check even after installing developer/icu and library/icu packages: - Boost.Locale needs either iconv or ICU library to be built. c.. Lots of error messages during Boost.Fiber build. d.. Error message during Boost.Python build. I am attaching a copy of the build log for your perusal. I have also adjusted the build command to include “threading=multi”. From: Leo Carreon Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2017 12:40 PM To: Boost Users Mailing List Subject: Building Boost 1.63.0 with Oracle Developer Studio 12.5 Hi, Is building Boost 1.63.0 with Oracle Developer Studio 12.5 supported? I tried building it using the following commands but I get a lot of errors: ./bootstrap.sh --with-toolset=sun ./b2 link=shared runtime-link=shared address-model=64 threading=multi variant=release cxxflags="-std=c++14" linkflags="-std=c++14" FYI, I’m building on Oracle Solaris 11.3 running on a x86-64 virtual machine. Am I missing something? Kind regards, Leo

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Building Boost 1.63.0 with Oracle Developer Studio 12.5
by Leo Carreon 26 Feb '17

26 Feb '17

Hi, Is building Boost 1.63.0 with Oracle Developer Studio 12.5 supported? I tried building it using the following commands but I get a lot of errors: ./bootstrap.sh --with-toolset=sun ./b2 link=shared runtime-link=shared address-model=64 variant=release cxxflags="-std=c++14" linkflags="-std=c++14" FYI, I’m building on Oracle Solaris 11.3 running on a x86-64 virtual machine. Am I missing something? Kind regards, Leo

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[Boost.Build, Coroutine2] /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lboost_coroutine2
by Mikhail Strelnikov 24 Feb '17

24 Feb '17

Hello. My Jamroot looks like this: local BOOST_ROOT = [ modules.peek : BOOST_ROOT ] ; project my_project : requirements <define>BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1 : build-dir bin.v2 ; use-project /boost : $(BOOST_ROOT) ; exe my : my_source.cpp /boost//thread /boost//coroutine2 ; Command line: b2 --build-dir=whatever -sBOOST_ROOT=/path/to/boost_1_63_0 I'm getting the following error: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lboost_coroutine2 This happens because a library without sources: https://github.com/boostorg/coroutine2/blob/develop/build/Jamfile.v2#L29 is a pre-built library. Header-only library should use alias - http://www.boost.org/build/doc/html/bbv2/faq/header-only-libraries.html After changing "lib boost_coroutine2..." to "alias boost_coroutine2 ;" I had to add <library>/boost//context to usage-requirements of boost/coroutine2 project. Apparently reference to Context from "requirements" (at line 13) is not enough in this case. Can this be a bug in Boost.Build? But the problem with alias is that "b2 --with-coroutine2" does not build anything at all. My question: is it supported scenario by Boost.Build - header-only library depending on not-header-only library? Bonus question: can those BOOST_DISABLE_ASSERTS be removed from Jamfiles building Context, Coroutine2 and Fiber? Thanks.

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quick question about macro
by Peter Gusev 24 Feb '17

24 Feb '17

hi there! I'm using boost library occasionally and have this simpleton question to ask. i need to debug *boost::asio::io_service* by enabling *BOOST_ASIO_ENABLE_HANDLER_TRACKING* macro. so, do I have to rebuild the library like * ./b2 cxxflags="-DBOOST_ASIO_ENABLE_HANDLER_TRACKING"...* or adding * #define BOOST_ASIO_ENABLE_HANDLER_TRACKING* to my source file is enough? (this doesn't work for me, so i suspect I should go with the first option) thanks, -- Peter Gusev

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[bip] alignment/padding differs
by Jan Boehme 23 Feb '17

23 Feb '17

Hi, I'm using interprocess to share mem between different processes. Unfortunately these processes were built using different compiler version (gcc3, gcc4, gcc5) and we're seeing different alignment or padding dependent on which run-time was in charge of creating the mapped files. Of course we used the same boost version (1.60) while creating the binaries. Obviously ip can't handle these different layouts and mostly runs in indefinite loops while traversing an rb-tree not finding the first shm object. Are there any template parameters that enable the code to be accessed using different run times through forcing the same layout? Thanks a lot, Jan.

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Using Boost 1.63 on Windows with FindBoost.cmake
by csiga.biga＠aol.com 22 Feb '17

22 Feb '17

Does anyone have a working installation of Boost 1.63 on Windows that FindBoost.cmake can be instructed to find? I tried with both a custom build (for MSMPI mostly) that it failed to find the libraries of, and after reading through FindBoost.cmake, I saw it is dominantly tailored towards the prebuilt binaries (at least on Windows), so I grabbed that, I set BOOSTROOT to the installation root, but it still fails to find Boost::chrono I got find_package(Boost 1.63 REQUIRED COMPONENTS chrono) include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}) in my top-level CMakeLists.txt file, as all of my targets depend on chrono, and after that I use target_link_libraries (${declare_trisycl_test_TARGET} $<$<BOOL:USES_OPENCL>:${OpenCL_LIBRARIES}> $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:WIN32>>:Threads::Threads> Boost::chrono) On the command-line this is what I get at configure time: CMake Error at C:/Kellekek/Kitware/CMake/3.8.0/share/cmake-3.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1812 (message): Unable to find the requested Boost libraries. Boost version: 1.63.0 Boost include path: C:/Kellekek/Boost/1.63.0-prebuilt Could not find the following Boost libraries: boost_chrono Some (but not all) of the required Boost libraries were found. You may need to install these additional Boost libraries. Alternatively, set BOOST_LIBRARYDIR to the directory containing Boost libraries or BOOST_ROOT to the location of Boost. Call Stack (most recent call first): CMakeLists.txt:26 (find_package) As far as FindBoost.cmake goes, it seems to know chrono for 1.63. So how should this work?

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