Re: [Boost-build] python.jam FreeBSD small patch

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] python.jam FreeBSD small patch
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-10-25 08:58:44

On Friday 24 October 2008 22:09:26 Alexander Sack wrote:
> --- python.jam.0	Fri Oct 24 14:04:36 2008
> +++ python.jam	Fri Oct 24 14:05:05 2008
> @@ -652,6 +652,8 @@
>          case hpux : return  <library>rt ;
> 
>          case aix : return  <library>pthread <library>dl ;
> +		
> +	case *bsd : return  <library>pthread <toolset>gcc:<library>util ;
> 
>          case * : return  <library>pthread <library>dl
> <toolset>gcc:<library>util ;
>      }
> 
> 
> Was wondering if this simple patch could be committed as well.  There
> is no libdl on FreeBSD and this prevents the error message during
> build of libboost_python etc.  This was actually part of the
> Boost-1.34 FreeBSD official port which I rediscovered on 1.36.0.

This is already fixed in SVN:

        r47935 | vladimir_prus | 2008-08-01 21:26:32 +0400 (Fri, 01 Aug 2008) | 2 lines

        Do not link to -ldl on *BSD.

I suggest you work from SVN trunk version, since it has fixes relatively to 1.36.

- Volodya