clang-3.4 and later fail to compile boost 1.55.0

[jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)]

boost-1.55.0 fails to build with current versions of clang (3.4 and 3.5). It builds fine with clang-3.3. The error is here:

/opt/local/bin/clang++-mp-3.4  -ftemplate-depth-128 -Os -stdlib=libc++ -O3 -finline-functions -Wno-inline -Wall -pedantic -gdwarf-2 -fexceptions -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -Wextra -Wno-long-long -Wno-variadic-macros -Wunused-function -fpermissive -pedantic -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1 -DBOOST_ATOMIC_STATIC_LINK=1 -DBOOST_SYSTEM_STATIC_LINK=1 -DBOOST_THREAD_BUILD_LIB=1 -DBOOST_THREAD_DONT_USE_CHRONO -DBOOST_THREAD_POSIX -DNDEBUG  -I"." -c -o "bin.v2/libs/thread/build/darwin-4.2.1/release/address-model-32_64/architecture-x86/link-static/pch-off/threading-multi/pthread/once.o" "libs/thread/src/pthread/once.cpp"
In file included from libs/thread/src/pthread/once.cpp:8:
In file included from libs/thread/src/pthread/./once_atomic.cpp:9:
In file included from ./boost/thread/once.hpp:20:
In file included from ./boost/thread/pthread/once_atomic.hpp:20:
In file included from ./boost/atomic.hpp:12:
In file included from ./boost/atomic/atomic.hpp:17:
In file included from ./boost/atomic/detail/platform.hpp:22:
./boost/atomic/detail/gcc-atomic.hpp:961:64: error: no matching constructor for initialization of 'storage_type' (aka
      'boost::atomics::detail::storage128_type')
    explicit base_atomic(value_type const& v) BOOST_NOEXCEPT : v_(0)
                                                               ^  ~
./boost/atomic/detail/gcc-atomic.hpp:932:28: note: candidate constructor (the implicit copy constructor) not viable: no known
      conversion from 'int' to 'const boost::atomics::detail::storage128_type' for 1st argument
struct BOOST_ALIGNMENT(16) storage128_type
                           ^
./boost/atomic/detail/gcc-atomic.hpp:932:28: note: candidate constructor (the implicit default constructor) not viable:
      requires 0 arguments, but 1 was provided
./boost/atomic/detail/gcc-atomic.hpp:968:22: error: no viable conversion from 'int' to 'storage_type' (aka
      'boost::atomics::detail::storage128_type')
        storage_type tmp = 0;
                     ^     ~
./boost/atomic/detail/gcc-atomic.hpp:932:28: note: candidate constructor (the implicit copy constructor) not viable: no known
      conversion from 'int' to 'const boost::atomics::detail::storage128_type &' for 1st argument
struct BOOST_ALIGNMENT(16) storage128_type
                           ^
./boost/atomic/detail/gcc-atomic.hpp:966:34: warning: unused parameter 'v' [-Wunused-parameter]
    void store(value_type const& v, memory_order order = memory_order_seq_cst) volatile BOOST_NOEXCEPT
                                 ^
./boost/atomic/detail/gcc-atomic.hpp:966:50: warning: unused parameter 'order' [-Wunused-parameter]
    void store(value_type const& v, memory_order order = memory_order_seq_cst) volatile BOOST_NOEXCEPT
                                                 ^
./boost/atomic/detail/gcc-atomic.hpp:983:22: error: no viable conversion from 'int' to 'storage_type' (aka
      'boost::atomics::detail::storage128_type')
        storage_type tmp = 0;
                     ^     ~
./boost/atomic/detail/gcc-atomic.hpp:932:28: note: candidate constructor (the implicit copy constructor) not viable: no known
      conversion from 'int' to 'const boost::atomics::detail::storage128_type &' for 1st argument
struct BOOST_ALIGNMENT(16) storage128_type
                           ^
./boost/atomic/detail/gcc-atomic.hpp:981:43: warning: unused parameter 'v' [-Wunused-parameter]
    value_type exchange(value_type const& v, memory_order order = memory_order_seq_cst) volatile BOOST_NOEXCEPT
                                          ^
./boost/atomic/detail/gcc-atomic.hpp:981:59: warning: unused parameter 'order' [-Wunused-parameter]
    value_type exchange(value_type const& v, memory_order order = memory_order_seq_cst) volatile BOOST_NOEXCEPT
                                                          ^
./boost/atomic/detail/gcc-atomic.hpp:997:22: error: no viable conversion from 'int' to 'storage_type' (aka
      'boost::atomics::detail::storage128_type')
        storage_type expected_s = 0, desired_s = 0;
                     ^            ~
./boost/atomic/detail/gcc-atomic.hpp:932:28: note: candidate constructor (the implicit copy constructor) not viable: no known
      conversion from 'int' to 'const boost::atomics::detail::storage128_type &' for 1st argument
struct BOOST_ALIGNMENT(16) storage128_type
                           ^
./boost/atomic/detail/gcc-atomic.hpp:997:38: error: no viable conversion from 'int' to 'storage_type' (aka
      'boost::atomics::detail::storage128_type')
        storage_type expected_s = 0, desired_s = 0;
                                     ^           ~
./boost/atomic/detail/gcc-atomic.hpp:932:28: note: candidate constructor (the implicit copy constructor) not viable: no known
      conversion from 'int' to 'const boost::atomics::detail::storage128_type &' for 1st argument
struct BOOST_ALIGNMENT(16) storage128_type
                           ^
./boost/atomic/detail/gcc-atomic.hpp:993:27: warning: unused parameter 'desired' [-Wunused-parameter]
        value_type const& desired,
                          ^
./boost/atomic/detail/gcc-atomic.hpp:994:22: warning: unused parameter 'success_order' [-Wunused-parameter]
        memory_order success_order,
                     ^
./boost/atomic/detail/gcc-atomic.hpp:995:22: warning: unused parameter 'failure_order' [-Wunused-parameter]
        memory_order failure_order) volatile BOOST_NOEXCEPT
                     ^
./boost/atomic/detail/gcc-atomic.hpp:1013:22: error: no viable conversion from 'int' to 'storage_type' (aka
      'boost::atomics::detail::storage128_type')
        storage_type expected_s = 0, desired_s = 0;
                     ^            ~
./boost/atomic/detail/gcc-atomic.hpp:932:28: note: candidate constructor (the implicit copy constructor) not viable: no known
      conversion from 'int' to 'const boost::atomics::detail::storage128_type &' for 1st argument
struct BOOST_ALIGNMENT(16) storage128_type
                           ^
./boost/atomic/detail/gcc-atomic.hpp:1013:38: error: no viable conversion from 'int' to 'storage_type' (aka
      'boost::atomics::detail::storage128_type')
        storage_type expected_s = 0, desired_s = 0;
                                     ^           ~
./boost/atomic/detail/gcc-atomic.hpp:932:28: note: candidate constructor (the implicit copy constructor) not viable: no known
      conversion from 'int' to 'const boost::atomics::detail::storage128_type &' for 1st argument
struct BOOST_ALIGNMENT(16) storage128_type
                           ^
./boost/atomic/detail/gcc-atomic.hpp:1009:27: warning: unused parameter 'desired' [-Wunused-parameter]
        value_type const& desired,
                          ^
./boost/atomic/detail/gcc-atomic.hpp:1010:22: warning: unused parameter 'success_order' [-Wunused-parameter]
        memory_order success_order,
                     ^
./boost/atomic/detail/gcc-atomic.hpp:1011:22: warning: unused parameter 'failure_order' [-Wunused-parameter]
        memory_order failure_order) volatile BOOST_NOEXCEPT
                     ^
10 warnings and 7 errors generated.

[jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)]

​https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/9610

[larryv (Lawrence Velázquez)]

Cc Me!

[mamoll (Mark Moll)]

Cc Me!

[mark@…]

Cc Me!

[cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)]

Replying to jeremyhu@…:

​https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/9610

They say it should be fixed there now: ​https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/9610#comment:3

[cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)]

Cc Me!

[jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)]

Thanks. This is the referenced patch. I'll give it a whirl:

​https://github.com/boostorg/atomic/commit/6bb71fdd8f7cc346d90fb14beb38b7297fc1ffd9

[arto@…]

Cc Me!

[arto@…]

The Boost 1.55.0 build with Clang 3.4 successfully completed for me after manually applying the following two patches to the staging directory:

• ​https://github.com/boostorg/atomic/commit/6bb71fdd8f7cc346d90fb14beb38b7297fc1ffd9
• ​https://github.com/boostorg/atomic/commit/e4bde20f2eec0a51be14533871d2123bd2ab9cf3

[mamoll (Mark Moll)]

The just-released Xcode 5.1 uses clang 3.4, so the upstream patches are now necessary with the default setup. Committed in r117769.