[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #4936: cannot find boost_system-mt

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #4936: cannot find boost_system-mt
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-12-06 08:38:28

#4936: cannot find boost_system-mt
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 Reporter:  Mike <macortes84@…>          |       Owner:             
     Type:  Support Requests             |      Status:  new        
Milestone:  To Be Determined             |   Component:  None       
  Version:  Boost 1.45.0                 |    Severity:  Showstopper
 Keywords:                               |  
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 When I install Boost 1.42 on Ubuntu with the Synaptic Package Installer,
 everything works fine. /usr/local/lib/ contains libboost_system-mt.so, and
 libboost_system-mt.a. And, building an application dependent on Boost
 completes without err.

 Boost doesn't seem to have a package for my distro of Linux so I am having
 to build from source. I have built Boost 1.45 and 1.42 with the same
 effect as follows: After building Boost, and subsequently attempting to
 build the application dependent on Boost, I receive an error:

 $ g++ -ggdb -g -O2 -lssl -lboost_system-mt  -o <object-files>

 /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lboost_system-mt

 I built Boost according to the instructions at
 [http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_45_0/more/getting_started/unix-

 variants.html] as I understand them:

 $ ./bootstrap.sh --prefix=/usr/local

 $ ./bjam install

 This fills /usr/local/include/ with Boost's .hpp files and /usr/local/lib/
 with many libboost_xxxxxxx files.

 Nowhere in /usr/local/lib/ is any file "*-mt*", let alone a "boost_system-
 mt*" anywhere on my system. Why is this not working for me?

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/4936>
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