Compile boost C++11 clang mac cannot find cstddef - c++

Question

I cannot compile boost with clang 3.1 on Mac os x 10.8.2.
This is what I did:
./bootstrap.sh --with-toolset=clang
./b2 toolset=clang cxxflags="-std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++" linkflags="-stdlib=libc++"
I also tried without chrono, test, wave and signals.
I tried a user-config.jam with
using clang-darwin
This is the error I have for almost every file:
/boost/config/select_stdlib_config.hpp:18:12: fatal error: 'cstddef' file not found
It is kind of similar to How to compile/link Boost with clang++/libc++?
Thank you :-)
Update:
I do have the latest Xcode 4.5.2 with the command line tools installed.
Here is part of the console output:
Kikohs:trunk kikohs$ ./b2 toolset=clang cxxflags="-std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++" linkflags="-stdlib=libc++"
Performing configuration checks
- 32-bit : no
- 64-bit : yes
- x86 : yes
- has_icu builds : no
warning: Graph library does not contain MPI-based parallel components.
note: to enable them, add "using mpi ;" to your user-config.jam
- gcc visibility : yes
- long double support : no
warning: skipping optional Message Passing Interface (MPI) library.
note: to enable MPI support, add "using mpi ;" to user-config.jam.
note: to suppress this message, pass "--without-mpi" to bjam.
note: otherwise, you can safely ignore this message.
Building the Boost C++ Libraries.
- iconv (libc) : no
- iconv (separate) : yes
- icu : no
- icu (lib64) : no
Component configuration:
- atomic : building
- chrono : building
- context : building
- date_time : building
- exception : building
- filesystem : building
- graph : building
- graph_parallel : building
- iostreams : building
- locale : building
- math : building
- mpi : building
- program_options : building
- python : building
- random : building
- regex : building
- serialization : building
- signals : building
- system : building
- test : building
- thread : building
- timer : building
- wave : building
...patience...
...patience...
...patience...
...patience...
...found 8672 targets...
...updating 1127 targets...
common.mkdir bin.v2/libs/atomic
common.mkdir bin.v2/libs/atomic/build
common.mkdir bin.v2/libs/atomic/build/clang-darwin-4.2.1
common.mkdir bin.v2/libs/atomic/build/clang-darwin-4.2.1/debug
clang-darwin.compile.c++ bin.v2/libs/atomic/build/clang-darwin-4.2.1/debug/lockpool.o
In file included from libs/atomic/src/lockpool.cpp:1:
./boost/atomic.hpp:10:10: fatal error: 'cstddef' file not found
#include <cstddef>
^
1 error generated.
"clang++" -x c++ -O0 -g -std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++ -O0 -fno-inline -Wall -g -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1 -DBOOST_ATOMIC_DYN_LINK=1 -DBOOST_ATOMIC_SOURCE -I"." -c -o "bin.v2/libs/atomic/build/clang-darwin-4.2.1/debug/lockpool.o" "libs/atomic/src/lockpool.cpp"

Answer 1

It looks like you forgot to install the libc++ headers alongside clang.
If you don't want to mess with installing the headers, try the version of clang distributed by Apple as part of the Command Line Tools package; it's been through more testing, and it's already set up properly.

Answer 2

I finally fixed my problem after many hours.
Homebrew was messing with my path and for some reason my clang could not find the libc++ headers.
There is a bug is boost 1.52.
See Boost numeric limits bug
I had to edit the file :
boost/config/stdlib/libcpp.hpp
and patch it:
#if _LIBCPP_VERSION < 1002
# define BOOST_NO_CXX11_NUMERIC_LIMITS
#endif
Now boost is building properly ...

Answer 3

For Ubuntu 16.04, I'm able to build boost with c++11 using gcc:
cd /home/user/install/boost/boost_1_54/
./bootstrap.sh --with-toolset=gcc
./b2 toolset=gcc cxxflags="-std=c++11 -I/usr/include/c++/5/ -I/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/c++/5/"
mkdir ../2
./b2 install --prefix=../2/
The command for building my program:
g++ -std=c++11 -O2 fprint.cpp -o fprint -I/home/user/install/boost/2/include/ -L/home/user/install/boost/2/lib/ -lboost_regex -lboost_program_options
Before that the command was:
g++ -std=c++11 fprint.cpp -o fprint -lboost_regex -lboost_program_options
, but this old command (that worked before well with older OS and boost/etc) doesn't work anymore saying errors
"
undefined reference to boost::re_detail_106501
"
(said by /tmp/cc0Zn8lo.o: In function `bool boost::regex_search...)
((also if I don't use "-I/usr/include/c++/5/ -I/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/c++/5/" for ./b2, then the error is "cannot find cstddef" during building boost, so exactly the same like the subject of this ticket))