Re: [Boost-build] bjam -- dylib-install-name wrong

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-03-27 04:20:54

On Sunday 23 March 2008 19:20:25 Stephan Schiffels wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I finally managed to build my first python extension via boost-build  
> and it works. However, there is one annoying problem left: My  
> extension "hello.so" can only be imported into python when I am in  
> exactly the right location, since the linked install-name of  
> libboost_python contains a RELATIVE PATH. Here is what otool gives me:
> 
> 	stephan_at_MyMacBook ~/Desktop/boostpython $ otool -L bin/darwin/ 
> release/hello.so
> 	bin/darwin/release/hello.so:
>          	bin/darwin/release/hello.so (compatibility version 0.0.0,  
> current version 0.0.0)
> 	        bin.v2/libs/python/build/darwin/release/ 
> libboost_python-1_34_1.dylib (compatibility version 0.0.0, current  
> version 0.0.0)
> 	        /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/Python  
> (compatibility version 2.5.0, current version 2.5.0)
> 	        /usr/lib/libstdc++.6.dylib (compatibility version 7.0.0,  
> current version 7.4.0)
> 	        /usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0,  
> current version 1.0.0)
> 	        /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0,  
> current version 88.3.9)
> 
> The latter four libraries are correctly installed via absolute paths,  
> not so the libboost-Python-1_34_1.dylib.
> 
> Here is the Jamroot-file I used:
> 
> 	import python ;
> 
> 	python-extension hello
> 		: hello.cpp
> 		: <include>/Users/stephan/boost_1_34_1 <library>/Users/stephan/ 
> boost_1_34_1/bin.v2/libs/python/build/darwin/release/ 
> libboost_python-1_34_1.dylib ;
> 
> The produced extension hello.so can be successfully imported into  
> python, but only if I copy the "hello.so" into the directory from  
> where the libboost_python library can be found by the relative path.
> Any help? Thanks a lot!

Can you please try either SVN trunk, or the *current* 1.35 release
candidate? I believe some fixes about install name on darwin were
done.

- Volodya