[Rcpp-devel] Request for an update of BH

[Jordi Molins]

An update: it really seems the problem was in updating gcc to 8.1. I have
installed Rtools again, and now, following the steps in the link above, I
have been able to successfully compile code with the line " #include
<boost/multiprecision/eigen.hpp>  ". I will check now if I can use code
(there is nothing of boost in the code, so far, apart from the include).

So, my request is not urgent now. Of course, I will be delighted with a new
BH version.

Jordi Molins i Coronado
+34 69 38 000 59


On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 4:19 PM Jordi Molins <
jordi.molins.coronado at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to use eigen and boost at the same time, in R (Windows). The
> reason is that eigen allows now data types such as float128.
>
> What happens is that this link between eigen and boost is new (boost
> 1.68). I believe BH uses boost 1.66.
>
> I received an answer in stackoverflow:
>
>
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52871038/using-boost-multiprecision-with-rcppeigen/52887046?noredirect=1#comment92801003_52887046
>
> of how to install boost 1.68 without needing BH. I have tried to implement
> that solution, but it does not work: I get an error message such as "c:/rtools/mingw_64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/8.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe:
> cannot find -lgfortran collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status".
> And now I do not know how to solve this "cannot find -lgfortran" issue
> (note: this could be entangled with the fact that I substituted the gcc 4.9
> compiler in Rtools for gcc 8.1, since I could not compile a single
> sourceCpp with gcc 4.9, but yes with gcc 8.1; I can perfectly compile Rcpp
> projects, though).
>
> So, I would like to kindly ask if BH could be updated to boost 1.68. I
> understand that updating BH must be a big work, and we all have many things
> to do. But I see usually BH is updated twice per year, and this year there
> has been one update so far. Also, the union of BH and eigen is possibly a
> source of happiness for this community, since AFAIK, so far BH and eigen
> were completely separated.
>
> Of course, if this request cannot be executed, I am happy too. I am just
> asking in case somebody could do it without too much work, and in fact, he
> was thinking in doing it anyway.
>
> Best regards
>
> Jordi Molins i Coronado
> +34 69 38 000 59
>
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