Control: severity -1 important Control: tags -1 + moreinfo On 26.11.18 11:23, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote: > Source: gcc-8 > Version: 8.2.0-10 > Severity: serious > Affects: src:performous > > Hello, after trying to debug why src:performous was FTBFS on ppc64el, I got > this issue: > > test example reproducing the issue: > cat test.c++ > #include <boost/predef.h> > #include <stdio.h> > > #if BOOST_OS_LINUX > #warning "OS LINUX DEFINED" > #endif > > int main() > { > printf("%d\n", BOOST_OS_WINDOWS); > printf("%d\n", BOOST_OS_LINUX); > } > > > apt-get install libboost-dev > > on an amd64 machine this happens: > $ g++ test.c++ > test.c++:5:2: warning: #warning "OS LINUX DEFINED" [-Wcpp] > #warning "OS LINUX DEFINED" > ^~~~~~~ > > $ g++ test.c++ -std=c++14 > test.c++:5:2: warning: #warning "OS LINUX DEFINED" [-Wcpp] > #warning "OS LINUX DEFINED" > ^~~~~~~ > > (everything is ok) > > on a ppc64el machine this happens instead: > g++ test.c++ > test.c++:5:2: warning: #warning "OS LINUX DEFINED" [-Wcpp] > #warning "OS LINUX DEFINED" > ^~~~~~~ > > g++ test.c++ -std=c++14 > (NO WARNINGS HERE). > > this is why the package FTBFS, because that macro is not defined when std is > defined. > > Any idea? > (this might be a boost issue, but I can't prove it!)
... but you are sure enough to file a RC issue for a different package. > same happens with old g++-7, and with c++0x or c++11 look at include hierarchy, and defined macros, and try to figure out what happens here.