BIND 10 #2147: boost::offset_ptr causes build failures

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#2147: boost::offset_ptr causes build failures
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                   Reporter:         |                 Owner:  UnAssigned
  jinmei                             |                Status:  reviewing
                       Type:         |             Milestone:
  defect                             |  Sprint-20120807
                   Priority:         |            Resolution:
  medium                             |             Sensitive:  0
                  Component:  build  |           Sub-Project:  DNS
  system                             |  Estimated Difficulty:  4
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            Defect Severity:  N/A    |
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Comment (by muks):

 Replying to [comment:5 jinmei]:
 > Please review the proposed change to configure.ac in trac2147.
 >

 May I suggest that we add info on what should be done in configure.ac
 itself? i.e., instead of just saying "look at ticket XXX", the relevant
 instruction is printed directly.

 > Regarding the second issue, on a closer look I guess the difference is
 > that the installed user.hpp defines BOOST_NO_CONFIG, which prevents
 > compiler-specific config from being included, which would otherwise
 > prevent this build failure.  We could avoid this by not including
 > the user.hpp by specifying BOOST_NO_USER_CONFIG:
 >
 > {{{
 > % ./configure <other options> CXXFLAGS=-DBOOST_NO_USER_CONFIG
 > }}}
 >
 > This is the proposed `ChangeLog` entry:
 > {{{
 > 456.? [build]*        jinmei
 >       BIND 10 now relies on Boost offset_ptr, which caused some new
 >       portability issues.  Such issues are detected at ./configure time.
 >       If ./configure stops due to this, try the following workaround:
 >       - If it's about the use of mutable for a reference with clang++,
 >         upgrade Boost version to 1.44 or higher, or try a different
 >         compiler (e.g. g++ generally seems to be free from this issue)
 >       - If it's about the use of "variadic templates", specify
 >         --without-werror so the warning won't be promoted to an error.
 >         Specifying BOOST_NO_USER_CONFIG in CXXFLAGS may also work
 >         (which would be the case if Boost is installed via pkgsrc)
 >       (Trac #2147, git TBD)
 > }}}

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