RHBA-2015:1269 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated boost packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The boost packages contain a large number of free peer-reviewed portable C++
source libraries. These libraries are suitable for tasks such as portable
file-systems and time/date abstraction, serialization, unit testing, thread
creation and multi-process synchronization, parsing, graphing, regular
expression manipulation, and many others.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• When compiling a C++ program using the Boost.MPI library, the compiling

process previously failed to find the
"boost::mpi::environment::environment(bool)" symbol and terminated with an
"undefined reference" error. This update adds the missing symbol, and the
described compiling process now successfully creates an executable. (BZ#1169501)

• Previously, the boost packages could use packages for different architectures

as their dependencies, which in some cases led to a variety of problems with the
functionality of the Boost clients. With this update, dependency declarations
specify the architecture of the package where relevant, and all packages
necessary for correct operation of the Boost clients are downloaded properly.
(BZ#1128313)

• Prior to this update, a number of Boost libraries were not compatible with the

GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) provided with Red Hat Developer Toolset. A fix has
been implemented to address this problem, and the affected libraries now
properly work with Red Hat Developer Toolset GCC. (BZ#1167383, BZ#1170010)

Users of Boost are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these
bugs.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant
to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 1167383 - devtoolset-gcc not compatible with boost
• BZ - 1169501 - Missing symbol in libboost_mpi
• BZ - 1170010 - devtoolset-gcc not compatible with boost

CVEs

(none)

References

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