On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 08:53:08PM +0200, Gauthier Quesnel wrote: > Hi all,
hi, > The ax_boost.m4 script does not detect the correct library because the > "debian libraries names" are not defined in the script. Now, my > question: > what is the best way to correct this ? > * modify the ax_boost*.m4 script or > * modify the debian packages ? > :-) of course fix the ax_boost*.m4 script :) please have a look at [0]. yes, it is difficult to believe, but currently there is no portable way to guess boost library names. when they started to make such crazy names i provided commodity links for mortal people, these are the real "debian library names", but they are not portable across linux distributions. i even provided "default" links to multi-thread libraries, but it was an arbitrary choice i now regret to have done. until few days ago i thought bjam/boost-build could be used to portably link boost libraries but i was wrong. these names are built in Jamfile.v2 at the root of boost source tree and there is no way to make boost-build tell you which are they once you are out of the boost source tree. cheers domenico [0] http://www.boost.org/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html#library-naming -----[ Domenico Andreoli, aka cavok --[ http://www.dandreoli.com/gpgkey.asc ---[ 3A0F 2F80 F79C 678A 8936 4FEE 0677 9033 A20E BC50 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
