Re: [Boost-build] HPUX aCC: Howto avoid building boost libraries containing absolute library path references when calling bjam install

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-06-03 05:34:29

On Tuesday 03 June 2008 13:19:54 Steinlein,Volker (EBV) wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I am sorry, but I have a serious problem with absolute library paths 
> within depending BOOST libraries while creating an install package.
> 
> I want to build the boost libraries under HPUX 11.23 using the compiler 
> version 'B3910B A.06.17'. The libraries shall be 64 Bit libraries
> ('+DD64')
> 
> The intention is to get as result a directory where all boost libraries 
> are stored (for example '/home/steinlv/my_boost_dir/lib') because I
> don't 
> have root access to the machine.
> 
> The libraries within this directory must references the dependend boost 
> libraries in a relative way. This is what I need if I call ldd for
> libboost_filesystem
> which is linked against the libboost_system:
> 
> ldd libboost_filesystem-mt-d-1_35.so   
>         libboost_system-mt-d-1_35.so.1.35.0
> 
> 
> 
> I tried to build the library using the following command line:
> 
> > MY_BOOST_DIR='/home/steinlv/my_boost_dir'
> > $BOOST_ROOT/tools/jam/src/bin.hpux*/bjam --build-dir=$MY_BOOST_DIR 
> --dll-path=$MY_BOOST_DIR --prefix=$MY_BOOST_DIR
> --hardcode-dll-path=false 
> --toolset=acc threading=multi cflags=+DD64 cxxflags=+DD64
> linkflags=+DD64 
> -sNO_ZLIB=1 -sNO_COMPRESSION=1 -sNO_BZIP2=1  release debug install
> 
> 
> After the successfull completion of the build && install process all
> libraries 
> are stored within '/home/steinlv/my_boost_dir/lib' which is exactly what
> I wanted.
> Nevertheless the result of the ldd call were always absolute paths:
> 
> [/home/steinlv/my_boost_dir/lib]:ldd libboost_filesystem-mt-d-1_35.so
>  
> /home2/steinlv/my_boost_dir/boost/bin.v2/libs/system/build/acc/debug/thr
> eading-multi/libboost_system-mt-d-1_35.so.1.35.0 =>
> /home/steinlv/my_boost_dir/boost/bin.v2/libs/system/build/acc/debug/thre
> ading-multi/libboost_system-mt-d-1_35.so.1.35.0

What is the soname encoded in 

   /home2/steinlv/my_boost_dir/boost/bin.v2/libs/system/build/acc/debug/threading-multi/libboost_system-mt-d-1_35.so.1.35.0

? (On Linux, readelf -d will tell that, no idea about AIX).

What is the linker option to specify soname, on AIX?

- Volodya