Re: [boost] sonames under BSD systems (possible fix)

From: Julio M. Merino Vidal (jmmv84_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-18 11:24:40

On 6/18/05, Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv84_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> As seen in http://lists.boost.org/boost/2005/06/28717.php it seems that
> the Boost libraries are not properly linked under, at least, NetBSD.
> The problem arises when using --layout=system (although it will probably
> happen w/o it, too), as the build process only creates .a and .so files
> for each of the libraries being built, but it fails to create .so.1.32.0
> files (as one could expect).
> 
> Trying the same thing under Linux results in the correct files being
> created (i.e., three for each library).  One of the replies said that it
> may be because sonames are not being used under NetBSD, and that was
> correct.
> 
> The attached patch fixes it; I'm not sure it's correct, though I hope it
> is.  Note that it solves this issue under Dragonfly, FreeBSD and NetBSD,
> all of which support sonames.

The fix in the previous mail lacked some changes.  Sorry; I forgot to apply
them before generating the diff.  The file attached here should be correct.

Siezing the opportunity, I've also included a small fix for threading usage
(it's just to use -lpthread rather than -pthread during link in NetBSD).

Thanks,

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