[pkg-boost-devel] Bug#428419: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lboost_filesystem

[Martin Stolle]

Package: libboost-filesystem-dev
Version: 1.34.0-1
Severity: important


Hello,

it seems like recently, the non -st, -mt links were removed.  This
breaks backwards compatibility with previous versions of the boost
packages and also compatibility with other commonly used versions of the
boost library.  I am working on a software project across Debian and
RedHat machines.  On the RedHat machines, as was previously the case on
the Debian machines, -lboost_filesystem would work just fine.  Now, I
can't compile the software on the Debian machine any more.  Adjusting
the build files for the Debian machines will break them for the RedHat
machines, since there are no -st or -mt versions available.  Now I could
manually add symlinks in my /usr/lib directory, but that'd be quite
gross and judging from related bugreports ( #425992, #424038 ), maybe it
would be wise to keep the boost packages working for everyone...

Thanks,
  Martin



-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages libboost-filesystem-dev depends on:
ii  libboost-dev                  1.34.0-1   Boost C++ Libraries development fi
ii  libboost-filesystem1.34.0     1.34.0-1   filesystem operations (portable pa

libboost-filesystem-dev recommends no packages.

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