[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #8770: has_icu_test depending on DEBUG ICU libraries

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #8770: has_icu_test depending on DEBUG ICU libraries
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-07-03 08:40:42

#8770: has_icu_test depending on DEBUG ICU libraries
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 Reporter:  Martin Baute <solar@…>  |       Type:  Bugs
   Status:  new                     |  Milestone:  To Be Determined
Component:  Building Boost          |    Version:  Boost 1.54.0
 Severity:  Problem                 |   Keywords:  ICU
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 I am pretty sure this has been brought to attention before, as I
 distinctly remember reading a discussion on the issue, but I couldn't find
 it in the database.

 Platform is Windows XP, MS Visual Studio 8.

 Having unpacked the latest ICU release to support MSVC 8 (which is ICU
 4.0.1), I am trying to compile Boost 1.54.0 with ICU support enabled.

 Using the
 [http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_54_0/libs/regex/doc/html/boost_regex/install.html#boost_regex.install.building_with_unicode_and_icu_support

 instructions], I call:

     bjam -sICU_PATH=C:\contrib\icu-4.0.1

 I get:

     ...
     - has_icu builds : no

 In bin.v2\config.log:

     msvc.link bin.v2\libs\regex\build\msvc-8.0\debug\has_icu.exe
     LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'icuind.lib'

         call "C:\Programme\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\vcvarsall.bat" x86
 >nul
     link /NOLOGO /INCREMENTAL:NO /DEBUG /MACHINE:X86 /MANIFEST
 /subsystem:console
         if %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 EXIT %ERRORLEVEL%

     ...failed msvc.link bin.v2\libs\regex\build\msvc-8.0\debug\has_icu.exe
 bin.v2\libs\regex\build\msvc-8.0\debug\has_icu.pdb...

 In bin.v2\libs\regex\build\msvc-8.0\debug:

    "bin.v2\libs\regex\build\msvc-8.0\debug\has_icu_test.obj"
    "icudt.lib"
    "icuind.lib"
    "icuucd.lib"

 This happens even if I state `variant=release` on the `bjam` line. I.e.,
 to determine whether ICU is present ''for a release build'', Boost is
 looking for ''debug'' versions of the ICU libraries. This renders the
 default instructions of how to build Boost with ICU support non-functional
 with the default distribution of ICU for Windows, effectively forcing
 people to manually compile ICU instead of using the ready-made binaries,
 to satisfy peculiarities of the Boost build system. (Unless there are some
 command-line switches I am not aware of, which should then be made part of
 the respective documentation of the build process.)

 Thumbs down, that's not the way to go.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/8770>
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