The library does not build on CentOS 6

[nicoulaj]

Your Environment

• Operating System and version: CentOS 6.8
• Compiler: gcc 4.4.7
• PCL Version: master branch @ 9db46e1 (after Replace boost::math::isnan by pcl_isnan #1766)

Expected Behavior

The library compiles without error.

Current Behavior

The library compilation fails with the following error:

==> default: /home/vagrant/pcl/io/include/pcl/io/impl/auto_io.hpp: In function \u2018int pcl::io::load(const std::string&, pcl::PointCloud<PointT>&)\u2019:
==> default: /home/vagrant/pcl/io/include/pcl/io/impl/auto_io.hpp:58: error: \u2018struct std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >\u2019 has no member named \u2018string\u2019
==> default: /home/vagrant/pcl/io/include/pcl/io/impl/auto_io.hpp: In function \u2018int pcl::io::save(const std::string&, const pcl::PointCloud<PointT>&)\u2019:
==> default: /home/vagrant/pcl/io/include/pcl/io/impl/auto_io.hpp:78: error: \u2018struct std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >\u2019 has no member named \u2018string\u2019
==> default: /home/vagrant/pcl/io/src/auto_io.cpp: In function \u2018int pcl::io::load(const std::string&, pcl::PCLPointCloud2&)\u2019:
==> default: /home/vagrant/pcl/io/src/auto_io.cpp:51: error: \u2018struct std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >\u2019 has no member named \u2018string\u2019
==> default: /home/vagrant/pcl/io/src/auto_io.cpp: In function \u2018int pcl::io::load(const std::string&, pcl::PolygonMesh&)\u2019:
==> default: /home/vagrant/pcl/io/src/auto_io.cpp:73: error: \u2018struct std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >\u2019 has no member named \u2018string\u2019
==> default: /home/vagrant/pcl/io/src/auto_io.cpp: In function \u2018int pcl::io::load(const std::string&, pcl::TextureMesh&)\u2019:
==> default: /home/vagrant/pcl/io/src/auto_io.cpp:93: error: \u2018struct std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >\u2019 has no member named \u2018string\u2019
==> default: /home/vagrant/pcl/io/src/auto_io.cpp: In function \u2018int pcl::io::save(const std::string&, const pcl::PCLPointCloud2&, unsigned int)\u2019:
==> default: /home/vagrant/pcl/io/src/auto_io.cpp:109: error: \u2018struct std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >\u2019 has no member named \u2018string\u2019
==> default: /home/vagrant/pcl/io/src/auto_io.cpp: In function \u2018int pcl::io::save(const std::string&, const pcl::TextureMesh&, unsigned int)\u2019:
==> default: /home/vagrant/pcl/io/src/auto_io.cpp:139: error: \u2018struct std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >\u2019 has no member named \u2018string\u2019
==> default: /home/vagrant/pcl/io/src/auto_io.cpp: In function \u2018int pcl::io::save(const std::string&, const pcl::PolygonMesh&, unsigned int)\u2019:
==> default: /home/vagrant/pcl/io/src/auto_io.cpp:155: error: \u2018struct std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >\u2019 has no member named \u2018string\u2019
==> default: make[2]: *** [io/CMakeFiles/pcl_io.dir/src/auto_io.cpp.o] Error 1
==> default: make[1]: *** [io/CMakeFiles/pcl_io.dir/all] Error 2

Full configure+build log: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/nicoulaj/038016c02bffd0948610c647152b2f00/raw/589f856fe84535495b5c3d2bf07c0a000fde0b7d/pcl.log

Possible Solution

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Code to Reproduce

Here is a virtual machine environment that reproduces the issue (see README):
https://gist.github.com/nicoulaj/497b704de7c0f91631a30dcb08b36e24

Context

Get a working build of PCL on CentOS 6 including the surface_on_nurbs module.

[jspricke]

I tested this and CentOS 6 provides Boost 1.41 which is really old. I would propose to use a newer Boost version.

[nicoulaj]

Using Boost 1.48 from EPEL repository (updated build script: https://gist.github.com/nicoulaj/497b704de7c0f91631a30dcb08b36e24#file-setup-sh), I now get this error:

==> default: Linking CXX executable ../../../bin/pcl_ply2ply
==> default: CMakeFiles/pcl_ply2ply.dir/ply2ply.cpp.o: In function `__static_initialization_and_destruction_0':
==> default: /usr/include/boost148/boost/system/error_code.hpp:214: undefined reference to `boost::system::generic_category()'
==> default: /usr/include/boost148/boost/system/error_code.hpp:215: undefined reference to `boost::system::generic_category()'
==> default: /usr/include/boost148/boost/system/error_code.hpp:216: undefined reference to `boost::system::system_category()'
==> default: collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
==> default: make[2]: *** [bin/pcl_ply2ply] Error 1
==> default: make[1]: *** [io/tools/ply/CMakeFiles/pcl_ply2ply.dir/all] Error 2
==> default: make: *** [all] Error 2

May be -lboost_system is missing somewhere ?

[SergioRAgostinho]

You can use make VERBOSE=1 to check what is passed in to compilation command.

[kunaltyagi]

Closing due to inactivity. Please reopen if needed