Re: [Boost-users] boost 1.63 fails to build with zlib and bzip2 in different directories

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] boost 1.63 fails to build with zlib and bzip2 in different directories
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-01-05 12:34:18

On 1/5/2017 6:48 AM, Andrea Bocci wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm trying to build custom binaries for boost 1.63 using zlib and bzip2
> from a local installation rather than the system ones, following the
> instructions at
>
> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_63_0/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html#or-build-custom-binaries
>
> and
>
> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_63_0/libs/iostreams/doc/installation.html
>
> but it looks like the build system does not like having the zlib and
> bzip2 libraries in different folders.
>
> Here's what I'm doing to set up the build environment:
>
> # create a common directory for zlib and bzip2
> mkdir common
>
> # build zlib
> wget
> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/libpng/zlib/1.2.10/zlib-1.2.10.tar.xz
> tar xaf zlib-1.2.10.tar.xz
> cd zlib-1.2.10/
> ./configure
> make test
> make install prefix=../common
> cd ..
>
> # build bzip2
> wget http://www.bzip.org/1.0.6/bzip2-1.0.6.tar.gz
> tar xaf bzip2-1.0.6.tar.gz
> cd bzip2-1.0.6/
> make -f Makefile-libbz2_so
> make test
> make install PREFIX=../common
> cp -ar libbz2.so.* ../common/lib/
> cd ..
>
> # build boost
> wget
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.63.0/boost_1_63_0.tar.bz2
> tar xaf boost_1_63_0.tar.bz2
> cd boost_1_63_0/
>
> mkdir boost-build
> cd tools/build/
> ./bootstrap.sh gcc
> ./b2 install --prefix=../../boost-build
> cd ../../
> export PATH=$PWD/boost-build/bin:$PATH
>
>
> Now, if I tell boost to pick zlib and bzip2 from the common directory with
>
> b2 -q \
>    -d+2 \
>    --build-dir=build \
>    --stage-dir=stage \
>    --disable-icu \
>    --without-atomic \
>    --without-chrono \
>    --without-container \
>    --without-context \
>    --without-coroutine \
>    --without-exception \
>    --without-graph \
>    --without-graph_parallel \
>    --without-locale \
>    --without-log \
>    --without-math \
>    --without-mpi \
>    --without-random \
>    --without-wave \
>    toolset=gcc \
>    link=shared \
>    threading=multi \
>    variant=release \
>    cxxflags="-std=c++11 -O2" \
>    -sBZIP2_INCLUDE=../common/include \
>    -sBZIP2_LIBPATH=../common/lib \
>    -sZLIB_INCLUDE=../common/include \
>    -sZLIB_LIBPATH=../common/lib \
>    stage
>
> it works just fine.
>
> However, if I try to build boost using two separate directories for bip2
> and zlib, with
>
> b2 -q \
>    -d+2 \
>    --build-dir=build \
>    --stage-dir=stage \
>    --disable-icu \
>    --without-atomic \
>    --without-chrono \
>    --without-container \
>    --without-context \
>    --without-coroutine \
>    --without-exception \
>    --without-graph \
>    --without-graph_parallel \
>    --without-locale \
>    --without-log \
>    --without-math \
>    --without-mpi \
>    --without-random \
>    --without-wave \
>    toolset=gcc \
>    link=shared \
>    threading=multi \
>    variant=release \
>    cxxflags="-std=c++11 -O2" \
>    -sBZIP2_INCLUDE=../bzip2-1.0.6 \
>    -sBZIP2_LIBPATH=../bzip2-1.0.6 \
>    -sZLIB_INCLUDE=../zlib-1.2.10 \
>    -sZLIB_LIBPATH=../zlib-1.2.10 \
>    stage

Try removing the -sBZIP2... and -sZLIB... lines and adding to your 
userconfig.jam:

using bzip2 : 1.0.6 : <include>full-path-to/bzip2-1.0.6 
<search>full-path-to/bzip2-1.0.6 ;
using zlib : 1.2.10 : <include>full-path-to/zlib-1.2.10 
<search>full-path-to/zlib-1.2.10 ;

>
> the build fails with
>
> Performing configuration checks
>
>     - 32-bit                   : no
>     - 64-bit                   : yes
>     - arm                      : no
>     - mips1                    : no
>     - power                    : no
>     - sparc                    : no
>     - x86                      : yes
>     - symlinks supported       : yes
>     - C++11 mutex              : yes
>     - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_auto_declarations : yes
>     - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_constexpr : yes
>     - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_defaulted_functions : yes
>     - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_final : yes
>     - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_hdr_mutex : yes
>     - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_hdr_tuple : yes
>     - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_lambdas : yes
>     - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_noexcept : yes
>     - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_nullptr : yes
>     - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_rvalue_references : yes
>     - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_template_aliases : yes
>     - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_thread_local : yes
>     - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_variadic_templates : yes
>     - zlib                     : yes
> error: at
> /home/fwyzard/src/boost/boost_1_63_0/tools/build/src/kernel/modules.jam:107
> error: Name clash for
> '<pbuild/boost/bin.v2/standalone/ac/gcc-5.4.1/release/threading-multi>main.o'
> error:
> error: Tried to build the target twice, with property sets having
> error: these incompatible properties:
> error:
> error:     -  <dll-path>../zlib-1.2.10 <library-path>../zlib-1.2.10
> <xdll-path>../zlib-1.2.10
> error:     -  <dll-path>../bzip2-1.0.6 <library-path>../bzip2-1.0.6
> <xdll-path>../bzip2-1.0.6
> error:
> error: Please make sure to have consistent requirements for these
> error: properties everywhere in your project, especially for install
> error: targets.
>
>
> I get a similar error if I specify only one of bzip and bzip2.
> For example
>
> Now, if I tell boost to pick zlib and bzip2 from the common directory with
>
> b2 -q \
>    -d+2 \
>    --build-dir=build \
>    --stage-dir=stage \
>    --disable-icu \
>    --without-atomic \
>    --without-chrono \
>    --without-container \
>    --without-context \
>    --without-coroutine \
>    --without-exception \
>    --without-graph \
>    --without-graph_parallel \
>    --without-locale \
>    --without-log \
>    --without-math \
>    --without-mpi \
>    --without-random \
>    --without-wave \
>    toolset=gcc \
>    link=shared \
>    threading=multi \
>    variant=release \
>    cxxflags="-std=c++11 -O2" \
>    -sZLIB_INCLUDE=../common/include \
>    -sZLIB_LIBPATH=../common/lib \
>    stage
>
> results in
>
> Performing configuration checks
>
>     - 32-bit                   : no
>     - 64-bit                   : yes
>     - arm                      : no
>     - mips1                    : no
>     - power                    : no
>     - sparc                    : no
>     - x86                      : yes
>     - symlinks supported       : yes
>     - C++11 mutex              : yes
>     - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_auto_declarations : yes
>     - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_constexpr : yes
>     - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_defaulted_functions : yes
>     - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_final : yes
>     - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_hdr_mutex : yes
>     - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_hdr_tuple : yes
>     - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_lambdas : yes
>     - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_noexcept : yes
>     - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_nullptr : yes
>     - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_rvalue_references : yes
>     - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_template_aliases : yes
>     - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_thread_local : yes
>     - Boost.Config Feature Check: cxx11_variadic_templates : yes
>     - zlib                     : yes
> error: at
> /home/fwyzard/src/boost/boost_1_63_0/tools/build/src/kernel/modules.jam:107
> error: Name clash for
> '<pbuild/boost/bin.v2/standalone/ac/gcc-5.4.1/release/threading-multi>main.o'
> error:
> error: Tried to build the target twice, with property sets having
> error: these incompatible properties:
> error:
> error:     -  <dll-path>../common/lib <library-path>../common/lib
> <xdll-path>../common/lib
> error:     -  none
> error:
> error: Please make sure to have consistent requirements for these
> error: properties everywhere in your project, especially for install
> error: targets.
>
>
> As far as I can tell, this used to work with boost 1.57 - I haven't
> tried any version in between.
>
> Anybody has any suggestions ?
>
> Thank you,
> .Andrea