I found a discrepancy in the behavior of Boost library on x86 native vs docker on a x86 host and I would like to ask about it and see if I am doing something work or there is a bug to be reported.
the structure of the code is:
boostHttpClient
|-include
| |-httpClient.hpp
|-src
| |-httpClient.cpp
|-CMakeLists.txt
the part I am asking about in httpClient.hpp is:
#include <boost/beast/core.hpp>
#include <boost/beast/http.hpp>
#include <boost/beast/http/fields.hpp>
#include <boost/beast/version.hpp>
#include <boost/asio/strand.hpp>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#ifndef HTTP_CLIENT_HPP
#define HTTP_CLIENT_HPP
class httpSession : public std::enable_shared_from_this<httpSession>
{
public:
explicit
httpSession(boost::asio::any_io_executor executor);
the part I am asking about in httpClient.cpp is:
#include <httpClient.hpp>
httpSession::httpSession(boost::asio::any_io_executor executor)
: Resolver(executor)
, Stream(executor)
{
Version = 11;
Host.resize(0);
Port.resize(0);
ContentType.resize(0);
Authorization.resize(0);
Error = false;
}
and CMakeLists.txt is:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
project(boostHttpClient)
add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/httpClient.cpp)
target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME}
PRIVATE
${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/
)
target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}
pthread
boost_system
boost_thread
)
I am compiling this project using two different systems.
Firs system is an Ubuntu 20.04 operating system installed on x86 intel processor. The code compiles without any problem.
boostHttpClient$ mkdir build
boostHttpClient$ cd build/
boostHttpClient/build$ cmake ..
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 9.4.0
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 9.4.0
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc -- works
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Detecting C compile features
-- Detecting C compile features - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ -- works
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: boostHttpClient/build
boostHttpClient/build$ make
Scanning dependencies of target boostHttpClient
[ 50%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/boostHttpClient.dir/src/httpClient.cpp.o
[100%] Linking CXX static library libboostHttpClient.a
[100%] Built target boostHttpClient
Second system is a docker Ubuntu 20.04 operating system installed on x86 intel host. The code generated error during compilation
boostHttpClient# mkdir build
boostHttpClient# cd build/
boostHttpClient/build# cmake ..
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 9.4.0
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 9.4.0
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc -- works
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Detecting C compile features
-- Detecting C compile features - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ -- works
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: boostHttpClient/build
boostHttpClient/build# make
Scanning dependencies of target boostHttpClient
[ 50%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/boostHttpClient.dir/src/httpClient.cpp.o
In file included from boostHttpClient/src/httpClient.cpp:10:
boostHttpClient/include/httpClient.hpp:25:45: error: expected ')' before 'executor'
25 | httpSession(boost::asio::any_io_executor executor);
| ~ ^~~~~~~~~
| )
boostHttpClient/src/httpClient.cpp:12:25: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '(' token
12 | httpSession::httpSession(boost::asio::any_io_executor executor)
| ^
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/boostHttpClient.dir/build.make:63: CMakeFiles/boostHttpClient.dir/src/httpClient.cpp.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:76: CMakeFiles/boostHttpClient.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:84: all] Error 2
My question is why this code is not compiling under the second system.
-Thanks
2
Answers
@sehe is right. The way I installed boost was the issue here. I first was installing boost in the Dockerfile like this:
Yet if I need to use all of boost functions and capabilities, I should install boost in the Dockerfile like this:
I tried it and it worked.
As far as I can see the
explicit
-ness has nothing to with things.It looks like the versions of boost are just different,
asio::any_io_executor
didn’t always exist. You might be able to replace tiehasio::executor
. If you show more code (and versions) we can say more.