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  1. C++ Driver
  2. CXX-2137

Compilation failure with older GCC and Boost (on RHEL 7)

    • Type: Icon: Bug Bug
    • Resolution: Won't Fix
    • Priority: Icon: Major - P3 Major - P3
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      A user in the Community Forum reported an issue with building the C++ driver. I confirmed the failure.

      Configuration: RHEL 7, GCC 4.8.5, Boost 1.58 (installed from upstream sources, as RHEL7 ships with Boost 1.53).

      Error output:

      [  2%] Building CXX object src/bsoncxx/CMakeFiles/bsoncxx_shared.dir/document/element.cpp.o
      cd /root/mongo-cxx-driver-r3.6.2/build/src/bsoncxx && /usr/bin/c++  -DBSONCXX_EXPORT -DMONGO_CXX_DRIVER_COMPILING -I/root/mongo-cxx-driver-r3.6.2/src -I/root/mongo-cxx-driver-r3.6.2/build/src -I/usr/local/include -isystem /usr/local/include/libbson-1.0  -O3 -DNDEBUG -fPIC -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden   -std=c++11 -o CMakeFiles/bsoncxx_shared.dir/document/element.cpp.o -c /root/mongo-cxx-driver-r3.6.2/src/bsoncxx/document/element.cpp
      In file included from /root/mongo-cxx-driver-r3.6.2/src/bsoncxx/json.hpp:21:0,
                       from /root/mongo-cxx-driver-r3.6.2/src/bsoncxx/document/element.cpp:22:
      /root/mongo-cxx-driver-r3.6.2/src/bsoncxx/stdx/optional.hpp:52:38: error: too many initializers for 'const nullopt_t {aka const boost::none_t}'
       const nullopt_t nullopt{::boost::none};
                                            ^
      make[2]: *** [src/bsoncxx/CMakeFiles/bsoncxx_shared.dir/document/element.cpp.o] Error 1
      make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/mongo-cxx-driver-r3.6.2/build'
      make[1]: *** [src/bsoncxx/CMakeFiles/bsoncxx_shared.dir/all] Error 2
      make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/mongo-cxx-driver-r3.6.2/build'
      make: *** [all] Error 2
      

            Assignee:
            roberto.sanchez@mongodb.com Roberto Sanchez
            Reporter:
            roberto.sanchez@mongodb.com Roberto Sanchez
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