Jean-Marc, I propose modifying the 13x version of boost/detail/limits.hpp to this (this is what the next boost version, 1.31.0 will have).
It will resolve Jeremy's problem and enable us to support Itanium machines. Ok? Angus #if defined(__sparc) || defined(__sparc__) || defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__ppc__) || defined(__hppa) || defined(_MIPSEB) || defined(_POWER) #define BOOST_BIG_ENDIAN #elif defined(__i386__) || defined(__alpha__) || defined(__ia64) || defined(__ia64__) #define BOOST_LITTLE_ENDIAN #else #error The file boost/detail/limits.hpp needs to be set up for your CPU type. #endif On Monday 02 February 2004 7:54 pm, Jeremy Daily wrote: > Angus et. al., > > I was able to fix my problem by using the trial an error method. In > other words I don't know what I did but it worked. > > In the file > > /boost/boost/detail/limits.hpp > > I added > > || defined(__ia64__) > > to the end of the line beginning with > > #elif defined(__i386_) > > I guessed it right in terms of little endian vs big endian because > it worked. > Maybe a more formal fix can be incorporated into the next version?? > > Jeremy > > Angus Leeming wrote: > >Jeremy Daily wrote: > >>I just tried to compile lyx-1.3.3 on a dual Itanium machine > >> running RedHat Advance Workstation 2.1. The configure script > >> executed just fine after > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>The results of "make" are attached. > >>P.S. I'm a user, not a developer (baby steps) > > > >Hi, Jeremy. Extracting the error itself: > >../../../../boost/boost/detail/limits.hpp:57:2: #error The file > >boost/detail/limits.hpp needs to be set up for your CPU type. > > > >You need to add something to the #if block in this file. > > > >#if defined(big endian architecture 1) || > > defined(big endian architecture 2) > >#define BOOST_BIG_ENDIAN > >#elif defined(little endian architecture 1) || > > defined(little endian architecture 2) > >#define BOOST_LITTLE_ENDIAN > >#else > >#error The file boost/detail/limits.hpp needs to be set up for > > your CPU type. > >#endif > > > >Your task is to find the macro identifier used by your Itanium > >machine. > > > >Regards,
