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  • From: Benjamin Bercovici <>
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  • Subject: [cgal-discuss] Can't compile CGAL application after upgrading to boost 1.67.0_1 on Mac
  • Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2018 14:27:23 -0600
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I am getting errors while compiling a piece of software that uses CGAL (see compiler trace below). This error arises using Apple’s Clang or a-built-from-source GCC 7.3.0.

[  2%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/ASPEN.dir/source/ShapeBuilder.cpp.o
In file included from /usr/local/include/CGAL/internal/boost/mutable_queue.hpp:27:0,
                 from /usr/local/include/CGAL/Modifiable_priority_queue.h:27,
                 from /usr/local/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/Detail/Common.h:46,
                 from /usr/local/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/Detail/Edge_collapse.h:25,
                 from /usr/local/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/edge_collapse.h:28,
                 from /Users/bbercovici/GDrive/CUBoulder/Research/code/ASPEN_gui_less/lib/external/CGAL_interface/include/CGAL_interface.hpp:21,
                 from /Users/bbercovici/GDrive/CUBoulder/Research/code/ASPEN_gui_less/lib/source/ShapeBuilder.cpp:21:
/usr/local/include/CGAL/internal/boost/array_binary_tree.hpp:54:28: error: expected template-name before '<' token
         : ::boost::iterator<std::forward_iterator_tag,
                            ^
/usr/local/include/CGAL/internal/boost/array_binary_tree.hpp:54:28: error: expected '{' before '<' token
/usr/local/include/CGAL/internal/boost/array_binary_tree.hpp:54:28: error: expected unqualified-id before '<' token
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/ASPEN.dir/source/ShapeBuilder.cpp.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/ASPEN.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2


I’m using CGAL 4.11.1, downloaded through Homebrew . The same error was raised using the bleeding-edge CGAL 4.13 (that I compiled from source since it is not on Homebrew yet).

I believe a Boost upgrade may be the cause for this, based on when the last upgrade was applied. I’m using Boost 1.67.0_1 , also downloaded from Homebrew a couple days ago. I am certain I was able to compile without trouble until I got the update, hence my suspicion that something is wrong with boost.

Any advice ? 

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