Re: [Boost-users] [Build] Mimicking my Fedora13 Boost installation.

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Build] Mimicking my Fedora13 Boost installation.
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-01-11 09:14:58

Robert Jones wrote:

> I have Boost installed as part of my Fedora13/64-bit system, at Boost 1.41.
> I now want install Boost 1.45, but need to keep the original around for
> backwards
> compatibility issues, so I'm putting my 1.45 build somewhere else, and and I
> want
> it look as much like the original 1.41 build as possible, but be 1.45.
> 
> So I built with this command
> 
>> ./bjam --prefix=/usr/local/boost_1_45_0 threading=single
> --runtime-link=shared --link=shared --layout=tagged install

You should remove "--" in front of "runtime-link" and "link"...

> 
> then listing all the Boost regex (regex chosen at random) I find
> 
>> find /usr -name 'libboost_regex*'
> 
> 187532    0 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           24 Sep 21 16:25
> /usr/lib64/libboost_regex.so -> libboost_regex.so.1.41.0
> 142821  972 -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root       994792 Jun  4  2010
> /usr/lib64/libboost_regex.so.1.41.0
> 540038 2356 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root      2410606 Jan 11 11:56
> /usr/local/boost_1_45_0/lib/libboost_regex.a
> 540030 1132 -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root      1156757 Jan 11 11:55
> /usr/local/boost_1_45_0/lib/libboost_regex.so.1.45.0
> 540031    0 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           24 Jan 11 11:55
> /usr/local/boost_1_45_0/lib/libboost_regex.so -> libboost_regex.so.1.45.0
> 
> which seems to show an extra .a compared to my Fedora 'default'
> installation.

... and that should make the .a file (which is link=static) to not be generated.

> 
> How come?

See above.

> Do I need it?

I don't know. This surely depends on your needs.

> Can I determine the bjam flags that Fedora used originally?

Presumably, by obtaining src RPM and examining the spec file.

- Volodya