Re: [Boost-users] packaging boost-1.37.0 for "LTIB"?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] packaging boost-1.37.0 for "LTIB"?
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-01-03 12:59:56

AMDG

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>   i want to package the latest version of boost for the LTIB software
> package so, to make a long story short, here's the RPM packaging spec
> file for an older version:
> <snip>
>
> %Install
> rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
> mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{pfx}/%{_prefix}
> (cd tools/build/jam_src && ./build.sh)
> BJAM=`find tools/build/jam_src/ -name bjam -a -type f`
> PYTHON_VERSION=`python -V 2>&1 |sed 's,.* \([0-9]\.[0-9]\)\(\.[0-9]\)\?.*,\1,'`
> PYTHON_FLAGS="-sPYTHON_ROOT=%{_prefix} -sPYTHON_VERSION=$PYTHON_VERSION"
> $BJAM $PYTHON_FLAGS -sTOOLS=gcc -sBUILD="debug release" --prefix=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{pfx} %{_prefix} install
>
>
> 1) does 1.37.0 still require a "regex" patch?  apparently, the patch
> mentioned above was to address some regex issues identified after
> 1.31.0 was released?  i'm ready to assume that anything that
> significant has been resolved since then.
>   

I would assume that it has been resolved.

> 2) i'm also assuming that JAM is required for that final packaging
> step so that part of the spec file is still relevant.
>
>   in other words, other than dropping the regex patch and updating the
> version number, does the above spec file look about right for 1.37.0?
> i'm about to give it a try.  thanks.
>   

The bjam syntax is out of date.
echo "using python : $PYTHON_VERSION : %{_prefix} ;" >user-config.jam
$BJAM --user-config=user-config.jam toolset=gcc debug release 
--prefix=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{pfx} %{_prefix} install

should be closer, although the use of %{_prefix} in the bjam command is
probably wrong since I'm not sure what it was supposed to do.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe