[pkg-boost-devel] Bug#549467: libboost1.40-dev: cmake doesn't find static boost libraries

[Jiří Paleček]

Package: libboost1.40-dev
Version: 1.40.0-1
Severity: normal

Hello,

this seems to be a leftover from the #541133 fix. The problem was that  
linking with -lboost_something_-mt didn't work, because the -st libraries  
were abandoned in favor of the -mt, which lost their -mt suffix. The fix  
was adding symlinks in the form

   libboost_something_-mt.so -> libboost_something_.so


However, this only partially fixes the problem, because the symlink is  
only made for dynamic libraries, static versions still lack their -mt  
counterpart. This results in the following problems:

- Link with -lboost_xxx_-mt still fails if you're linking statically.

- CMAKE won't find any static libraries when using Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS.  
This is because when searching for a library, CMAKE finds libboost_xxx.so,  
libboost_xxx-mt.so and libboost_xxx.a and considers the -mt.so the best  
match because of the -mt suffix (libboost_xxx-mt.a would be a better  
match, but it is missing)

Unfortunately, we have libraries in boost which have different semantics  
when linked statically/dynamically (Boost.Test). Therefore, I'd like  
having it fixed.

It could be fixed by several ways

- linking static libraries the same way as dynamic ones. I think this  
would be the best, because it's consistent with the #541133 fix.

- dropping any support for linking with the -mt libraries from CMAKE  
(since Debian doesn't maintain the -st/-mt distinction, it wouldn't matter  
much). However, this would only solve the CMAKE issue.

Regards
     Jiri Palecek

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
   APT prefers testing
   APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.27-test-pcw (SMP w/1 CPU core; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=cs_CZ, LC_CTYPE=cs_CZ (charmap=ISO-8859-2)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages libboost1.40-dev depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.9-12     GNU C Library: Shared  
libraries
ii  libgcc1                       1:4.4.0-5  GCC support library
ii  libicu42                      4.2.1-3    International Components for  
Unico
ii  libstdc++6                    4.4.0-5    The GNU Standard C++ Library  
v3
ii  libstdc++6-4.1-dev [libstdc++ 4.1.2-22   The GNU Standard C++ Library  
v3 (d
ii  libstdc++6-4.2-dev [libstdc++ 4.2.4-1    The GNU Standard C++ Library  
v3 (d
ii  libstdc++6-4.3-dev [libstdc++ 4.3.3-10   The GNU Standard C++ Library  
v3 (d

libboost1.40-dev recommends no packages.

Versions of packages libboost1.40-dev suggests:
pn  default-jdk              <none>          (no description available)
ii  docbook-xml              4.5-4           standard XML documentation  
system,
ii  docbook-xsl              1.72.0.dfsg.1-1 stylesheets for processing  
DocBook
ii  doxygen                  1.5.9-1         Documentation system for C,  
C++, J
pn  fop                      <none>          (no description available)
pn  libboost-date-time1.40-d <none>          (no description available)
pn  libboost-filesystem1.40- <none>          (no description available)
ii  libboost-graph1.40-dev   1.40.0-1        generic graph components and  
algor
pn  libboost-iostreams1.40-d <none>          (no description available)
pn  libboost-math1.40-dev    <none>          (no description available)
pn  libboost-mpi1.40-dev     <none>          (no description available)
ii  libboost-program-options 1.40.0-1        program options library for  
C++
pn  libboost-python1.40-dev  <none>          (no description available)
pn  libboost-regex1.40-dev   <none>          (no description available)
ii  libboost-serialization1. 1.40.0-1        serialization library for C++
pn  libboost-signals1.40-dev <none>          (no description available)
pn  libboost-system1.40-dev  <none>          (no description available)
ii  libboost-test1.40-dev    1.40.0-1        components for writing and  
executi
pn  libboost-thread1.40-dev  <none>          (no description available)
pn  libboost-wave1.40-dev    <none>          (no description available)
pn  libboost1.40-doc         <none>          (no description available)
ii  xsltproc                 1.1.24-2        XSLT command line processor

-- no debconf information


-- 
Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/