[pkg-boost-devel] Bug#424666: Bug#424666: libboost-filesystem-dev: Document header file location changes that make other software FTBFS

[Domenico Andreoli]

On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 02:03:31PM -0600, Oleksandr Moskalenko wrote:
>
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lboost_filesystem
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> 
> though /usr/share/doc/libboost-filesystem1.34.0/README.Debian does list
> 
> filesystem             -lboost_filesystem           static  shared
> 
> and this call apparently worked with version 1.33

indeed that file is outdated, i will update it in the next upload.

> I also looked at
> http://beans.seartipy.com/2006/03/16/how-to-test-c-boost-installation/ and
> tried compiling
> 
> #include<iostream>
> #include<boost/filesystem/operations.hpp>
> namespace bfs=boost::filesystem;
> int main()
> {
>         bfs::path p("second.cpp");
>         if(bfs::exists(p))
>         std::cout<<p.leaf()<<std::endl;
> }
> 
> which game me the following:
> 
> $g++ -Wall boosttest.cpp

the correct command line for single-thread is:

$ g++ -Wall boosttest.cpp -lboost_filesystem-st

while for multi-thread is (note the final -mt in place of -st):

$ g++ -Wall boosttest.cpp -lboost_filesystem-mt

> Do you still think that going from 1.33 to 1.34 hasn't introduced any bugs?

it is not a bug, it is a feature :) please have a look at bug #424038.

cheers,
domenico

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