[ please keep CCing to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 11:29:32PM +0200, Carlo Wood wrote: > On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 05:58:16PM +0200, Domenico Andreoli wrote: > > Hi Carlo, > > > > unfortunately when I was pointed Boost.Serialization had also a shared > > library (initially it had not) it was too late for it to be included > > in Etch. So the library is really missing and can not be added. Sorry. > > I don't have etch, I have lenny (testing). You can still add it > to testing, can't you?
ah.. ok :) boost 1.33.1 in testing will be replaced by 1.34.0 (most probably by 1.34.1) which is in unstable, it already has Boost.Serialization as libboost-serialization1.34.0. > It is very unclear how to link with boost libraries anyway. this is what is keeping boost 1.34.x out of testing. those long names (ie. libboost_program_options-gcc-mt-1_33_1.so) are the "regular" ones, those that come out of the build as upstream made it. it is explained in the Boost documentation [0]. shorter names (ie. libboost_program_options.so) are commodity but unportable names which have been introduced some time ago. the full story is available in bug repoorts #429533, #424038, #424666, #425992, #428419. > So, what about the other four? > > /usr/lib/libboost_program_options-gcc-1_33_1.a > /usr/lib/libboost_program_options-gcc-1_33_1.so.1.33.1 > /usr/lib/libboost_program_options-gcc-d-1_33_1.so.1.33.1 > /usr/lib/libboost_program_options-gcc-mt-d-1_33_1.so.1.33.1 > > Those are the libraries that either do not have -mt or do have -d in them. > > Linking with libboost_program_options-gcc-1_33_1.a could be done > by using -lboost_program_options-gcc-1_33_1 but linking > with the other three can't even be done without changing the > default symlink. those ending with .so.1.33.1 are the real libraries, you should not link directly to them. > Is there some tool that I am not aware of that I should be using > (as developer) to get my applications to link to some version > of a boost library of my choice? unfortunately not, the only portable way to link to any boost library is building its name [0]. cheers domenico [0] http://www.boost.org/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html#library-naming -----[ Domenico Andreoli, aka cavok --[ http://www.dandreoli.com/gpgkey.asc ---[ 3A0F 2F80 F79C 678A 8936 4FEE 0677 9033 A20E BC50 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
