Fiber does not properly install through b2, Homebrew or vcpkg
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Hello, I recently switched from Ubuntu to macOS and can't seem to correctly install Fiber.
Platform: Apple M1, macOS 12.2, gcc-11
First, I tried downloading boost myself and installing via b2:
./bootstrap.sh
sudo ./b2 install
Which didn't yield any errors. However, trying to run the CMake configuration for an example project that only uses Boost Fiber failed with message "Boost Fiber not found".
I googled for the problem and found this StackOverflow post, so I tried:
./bootstrap.sh --with-libraries=all
sudo ./b2 cxxflags=-std=c++17 install -a > out.txt 2>&1
CMake configuration now worked, so the necessary .cmake file got installed. But when building I got the error that libboost_fiber.dylib could not be found. Upon investigation, I found that the .dylib file indeed wasn't installed to /usr/local/..., same as for the .a file.
I did find these files in the following folder of my downloaded boost archive:
/bin.v2/libs/fiber/build/clang-darwin-13/release/threading-multi/visibility-hidden
So I copied both files manually into the correct folder in /usr/local/.... Building my example project now worked, but when running it I was getting a segfault.
After this I removed all boost-related files from /usr/local/... and installed boost using Homebrew:
brew install homebrew
Again, the CMake files were all there, but building failed because of the missing fiber .dylib file. Also the .a file was not installed, too.
The files get installed correctly, CMake configuration and building works. When running the example project, I'm seeing a segmentation fault.
Next up I tried installing using vcpkg which failed with the following message:
cody@obelix ~ % cd dev/libs
cody@obelix libs % git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg.git
Cloning into 'vcpkg'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 141129, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (94/94), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (21/21), done.
remote: Total 141129 (delta 81), reused 73 (delta 73), pack-reused 141035
Receiving objects: 100% (141129/141129), 50.45 MiB | 15.22 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (88014/88014), done.
cody@obelix libs % cd vcpkg
cody@obelix vcpkg % ./bootstrap-vcpkg.sh
Downloading vcpkg-macos...
Telemetry
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You can opt-out of telemetry by re-running the bootstrap-vcpkg script with -disableMetrics,
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cody@obelix vcpkg % ./vcpkg install boost-fiber
Computing installation plan...
Error: boost-fiber[core] is only supported on '!osx & !uwp & !arm & !emscripten'
cody@obelix vcpkg %
This could be just an installation issue, but what confuses me is that even after manually copying the files into the correct folder, I'm getting a segfault.
I tried using Apple Clang and my example project in combination with a Homebrew installation of Boost works fine.
There are still open issues:
- Why do my applications segfault when compiled with gcc-11?
- Using gcc-11, linking of a different project using Boost Fiber yields an error:
FAILED: bin/examples/MsgQueue_Ex1
: && /opt/homebrew/bin/g++-11 -g -arch arm64 -isysroot /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX12.1.sdk -Wl,-search_paths_first -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names examples/queues/CMakeFiles/MsgQueue_Ex1.dir/MsgQueue_Ex1.cpp.o -o bin/examples/MsgQueue_Ex1 lib/libbln.a /opt/homebrew/lib/libboost_fiber-mt.dylib /opt/homebrew/lib/libboost_context-mt.dylib /opt/homebrew/lib/libboost_filesystem-mt.dylib && :
Undefined symbols for architecture arm64:
"__ZN5boost6fibers10wait_queue22suspend_and_wait_untilERSt11unique_lockINS0_6detail13spinlock_ttasEEPNS0_7contextERKNSt6chrono10time_pointINS9_3_V212steady_clockENS9_8durationIxSt5ratioILl1ELl1000000000EEEEEE", referenced from:
__ZN5boost6fibers16buffered_channelIiE14pop_wait_untilINSt6chrono3_V212steady_clockENS4_8durationIxSt5ratioILl1ELl1000000000EEEEEENS0_17channel_op_statusERiRKNS4_10time_pointIT_T0_EE in MsgQueue_Ex1.cpp.o
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture arm64
- Why does
sudo ./b2 installnot install the.dyliband.afile? - Why does vcpkg fail?
They all seem like separate problems that very, very likely are unrelated to Boost Fiber itself.
I don't own a Mac-system so I can't reproduce your issue...
The Cmake stuff was done by @pdimov - I hope he can fix the problem of failed lib installation.
I do not cross compile ... take a look at https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_78_0/libs/context/doc/html/context/architectures/crosscompiling.html
You have to specify for a Mac-OS b2 arch=ar64 adress-model=64 binary-format=aapcs abi=mach-o
This (the .dylib/.a not getting installed) may be caused by boostorg/boost_install#55 and bfgroup/b2#104. (Basically, due to a bug in b2, the fact that boost_fiber_numa wasn't built prevented boost_fiber from being installed.)
No idea about the segfault.