[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #9156: 1.54 broke NO_ZLIB=1 and NO_COMPRESSION=1

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #9156: 1.54 broke NO_ZLIB=1 and NO_COMPRESSION=1
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-09-24 07:43:20

#9156: 1.54 broke NO_ZLIB=1 and NO_COMPRESSION=1
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 Reporter:  Warren Togami <wtogami@…>  |      Owner:  turkanis
     Type:  Bugs                       |     Status:  new
Milestone:  Boost 1.55.0               |  Component:  iostreams
  Version:  Boost 1.54.0               |   Severity:  Regression
 Keywords:                             |
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 https://github.com/boostorg/iostreams/commit/dfb1f61c26b77556a1cca0654d08847cf87d26ae

 This commit broke the ability to build boost with without zlib.  The
 following bjam succeeds if you remove these two lines added by this patch.
 Please fix for 1.55?
 {{{
 +      [ ac.check-library /zlib//zlib : <library>/zlib//zlib
 +        <source>zlib.cpp <source>gzip.cpp ]
 }}}

 {{{
 ./bjam toolset=gcc target-os=windows threadapi=win32 threading=multi
 variant=release link=static --user-config=user-config.jam --without-mpi
 --without-python -sNO_BZIP2=1 -sNO_ZLIB=1 --layout=tagged --build-
 type=complete --prefix=/home/ubuntu/out/staging/boost -j2 install
 Performing configuration checks

     - 32-bit                   : yes
     - arm                      : no
     - mips1                    : no
     - power                    : no
     - sparc                    : no
     - x86                      : yes
     - has_icu builds           : no
 warning: Graph library does not contain MPI-based parallel components.
 note: to enable them, add "using mpi ;" to your user-config.jam
 error: at
 /home/ubuntu/build/boost_1_54_0/tools/build/v2/kernel/modules.jam:107
 error: Unable to find file or target named
 error:     '/zlib//zlib'
 error: referred to from project at
 error:     'libs/iostreams/build'
 error: could not resolve project reference '/zlib'
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/9156>
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