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Date:      Thu, 7 Feb 2013 17:06:15 +0100
From:      Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Pedro Giffuni <pfg@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-office@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Problem with Boost and long double
Message-ID:  <20130207160615.GD26686@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>
In-Reply-To: <5113CC1B.4000804@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <51132FD0.4090304@FreeBSD.org> <20130207071130.GC17793@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <5113CC1B.4000804@FreeBSD.org>

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On Thu, Feb 07, 2013 at 10:45:31AM -0500, Pedro Giffuni wrote:
> Hi Baptiste;
>=20
> On 02/07/2013 02:11, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 06, 2013 at 11:38:40PM -0500, Pedro Giffuni wrote:
> >> Hello;
> >>
> >> In some boost related code I am working on I found problems [1] thanks
> >> to the recent patch that enabled long double in boost port.
> >>
> >>
> >> For an explanation on why our libstdc++ doesn't support long double,
> >> you have to refer to this email:
> >>
> >> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2009-March/028030.h=
tml
> >>
> >> Curiously it has just been discussed in -toolchain that our
> >> libstdc++ is misconfigured:
> >>
> >> http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?510EE5D2.4050409
> >>
> >> Perhaps the patch in the post helps fix the issues but for now I would
> >> request that boost port disables again the long double support.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Pedro.
> >>
> >> [1] https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7987
> > erg I have been happily building on all packages needing boost on my ex=
p-run  and
> > some people ensured me double long was working correctly now :(
>=20
> I guess that I am the only one trying to use Boost to calculate Bessel=20
> functions ;).
> I can send you a patch for openoffice if you want to reproduce it.
>=20
> > But sure I will disable boost as soon as I can, I need to rebuild every=
 ports to
> > make sure everything is ok (mini exp-run) so won't happen before monday.
>=20
> The problem is libstdc++ so if libc++ is used (like in -current) there=20
> should
> be no problem.
> The configuration update may also fix things but that requires re-building
> world and all C++ ports.
>=20

Yes I understood, still I need to make sure disabling is not breaking on of=
 the
boost-libs users before doing it. That requires building all of them :) Whi=
ch
may take time

regards,
Bapt

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