On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 18:30, Alan Stewart wrote:

However, in attempting to compile with gcc 2.96 I'm finding that there are many substitutions that need to be made, such as replacing "char_traits" with "basic_string".

I'm using Boost 1.30.0 in production, but have also tried 1.30.2 with the same results.

I began writing specific workarounds only after 1.30.2 was released. try the CVS, it has the gcc-2.95.x workarounds, let me know if anything goes wrong. (note the test format_test3 fail with gcc-2.95, due to the absence of a few stream manipulators. nothing important at all)

I see that the format library headers include the header file "boost/config.hpp". Is it likely that I have some sort of configuration error?

no, it's just gcc-2.95.x 's stdlib is very different from the standard, regarding streams. and so I hadn't done anything for it until recently. (though, boost::format was compatible with gcc-2.95 with STLport since 1.30)

Where do I find information on toolset compatabiliy for specific Boost libraries, since this one does not seem to be compatible with mine?

try the "regression tests" links on http://www.boost.org/ -- Samuel