Re: [Boost-build] [python] [bbv2] py-run vs. bpl-test

From: Markus Schöpflin (markus.schoepflin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-10-02 06:51:01

David Abrahams wrote:

> Markus Schöpflin <markus.schoepflin_at_[hidden]> writes:
> 
>> Ok, I think I understood that now. This difference probably results from 
>> the fact that when compiling python at the TestDrive machine I linked libz 
>> statically, but not when compiling at Comsoft.
> 
> Oooh.  Well, which one of those is standard?

No idea. There is no standard, probably.

>> Maybe I should change that, because the static libz will most probably not 
>> be found by the link process, as it's not installed in a standard
>> location.
> 
> Heh, yeah.  I'm not sure how the build system could figure out all the
> requirements for building against any particular Python installation.
> Maybe we should remove the -lz addition as well.

I removed that already. It gave my syntax errors anyway when trying to 
build boost.python.

I have recompiled and reinstalled python in the meanwhile. It took several 
tries to remove the dependency to the static libz, but I think I have a 
working configuration now. The regression test currently is running again, 
hopefully it will show better results.

Markus