> On Sat, 2010-07-24 at 09:27 -0700, cas...@mminternet.com wrote: > [snip] >> t...@tower SimGear-2.0.0]# ./configure >> --with-boost=/usr/src/boost_1_43_0/boost >> >> Strange, for some reason that does not appear to work in that the test >> for >> boost points to "/usr/include/boost_1_43_0/boost/include" > [snip] >> At any rate, problem solved > > Hi John, > > Glad you got it working without any 'patching' ;=)) > > Unfortunately boost does not seem to 'obey' the de facto > auto-tool path pragma... that is :- > headers in <path>/include > libraries in <path>/lib > And the 'standard' path will be '/usr', or 'usr/local', > as you show in part... > > When you unpack boost 1.43.0 tar.gz into <somewhere>, it > puts its headers in <somewhere>/boost_1_43_0, that is > like <somewhere>/boost_1_43_0/boost/version.hpp, and when > you build the boost libraries, they are staged (uninstalled) > in - <somewhere>/boost_1_43_0/stage/lib... > > Then you should do the configure with - > --with-boost=<somewhere>/boost_1_43_0 > no addition... > > The AX_BOOST_BASE macro then overcomes most of this difference > between where the 'standard' auto-tools would look, and > where boost likes to put things, and my patch fixes this > for some other cases... > > And this is similar even if you use the svn boost trunk, > or some other svn tag... > > Anyway, all is well if you got something working ;=)) > > Regards, > > Geoff. > > Thanks for the follow-up and info..
Kind of the downside of all this "automation" ;-) when suddenly something stops working, you have to dig a little and remember the basics and what all the magic tools are doing for you :-) John W ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
