Re: [Boost-build] Boost.Python build (config ?) error

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Boost.Python build (config ?) error
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-03-28 15:51:05

On 03/28/2017 09:00 AM, Stefan Seefeld via Boost-build wrote:
> On 28.03.2017 10:55, Steven Watanabe via Boost-build wrote:
>> AMDG
>>
>> On 03/28/2017 08:01 AM, Stefan Seefeld via Boost-build wrote:
>>> <snip>
>>>     - symlinks supported       : yes (cached)
>>> error: No best alternative for libs/python/build/boost_python
>>>     next alternative: required properties: <python>2.7
>>>         matched
>>>     next alternative: required properties: <python>2.7
>>>         matched
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> My ~/user-config.jam file contains
>>>
>>>
>>>   using python : 2.7 ;
>>>   using python : 3.5 : python3 : /usr/include/python3.5m :
>>> /usr/lib64/libpython3.5m.so ;
>>>
>>> Any idea what is wrong ?
>>>
>>   Run b2 with --debug-configuration.  My first guess is that
>> python is being initialized twice.  --debug-configuration
>> should show where the other initialization is coming from.
> 
> I don't see anything suspicious in this output:
> 

  My mistake.  The error is with Boost.Python, not Python.
The cause of this problem is the typo here:
https://github.com/boostorg/python/blob/master/build/Jamfile#L127
which causes the numpy library to be named boost_python also.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe