Public bug reported: I am trying to compile gnote, there was no problem until recently. Now libboost brings problems that fail the compilation. I tried with gnote upstream [1] (master HEAD, and 3.8.1) and also with gnote as in ubuntu (apt-get source, build-dep, dpkg-buildpackage)
[1] https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnote/ The problem is with Boost unit test framework, at configure time: > checking for the toolset name used by Boost for gcc... configure: WARNING: > could not figure out which toolset name to use for gcc > checking boost/test/unit_test.hpp usability... yes > checking boost/test/unit_test.hpp presence... yes > checking for boost/test/unit_test.hpp... yes > checking for the Boost unit_test_framework library... no > configure: ERROR: cannot find the flags to link with Boost unit_test_framework === Complementary information I cleaned my apt/archives recently (1-2 weeks ago), from the currently archived packages I found these boost ones $ ls -lart /var/cache/apt/archives/|grep boost -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2784 avril 27 2012 libboost-test-dev_1.49.0.1_i386.deb -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3060 avril 27 2012 libboost-dev_1.49.0.1_i386.deb -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9187240 févr. 11 20:33 libboost1.49-dev_1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1_i386.deb -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 670138 févr. 11 20:33 libboost-test1.49-dev_1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1_i386.deb -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9827482 mars 26 12:03 libboost1.53-dev_1.53.0-3_i386.deb -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 245544 mars 26 12:04 libboost-test1.53.0_1.53.0-3_i386.deb -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 675870 mars 26 12:04 libboost-test1.53-dev_1.53.0-3_i386.deb ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: libboost-dev 1.49.0.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-22.33-generic 3.8.11 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-22-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed May 29 04:29:43 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-20 (250 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha i386 (20120905.2) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: boost-defaults UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-28 (30 days ago) ** Affects: boost-defaults (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 raring ** Summary changed: - linking problem with libboost, compilation fails + problem with libboost, compilation fails -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1185235 Title: problem with libboost, compilation fails To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/boost-defaults/+bug/1185235/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
