Boost C++ Libraries: Ticket #4939: bjam fails when LD_LIBRARY_PATH empty

Vladimir Prus — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 10:26:55 GMT

Could you please specify exactly what commands do you use to get this error. Your bug report does not appear to even contain any bjam invocation, for starters. Further, it's highly unlikely that this specific error is related to LD_LIBRARY_PATH treatment inside Boost.Buid. Rather, it looks like something at path/sandbox/etk/variant/../abaqus/abaqus.jam:169 is not able to tolerate empty LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

jan.boehme@… — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:35:30 GMT

I'm sorry and you're right: There the following line be found

alias intel_librarys : : <os>LINUX <toolset>intel : : <library-path>$(LD_LIBRARY_PATH) <dll-path>$(LD_LIBRARY_PATH) ;

which is bogus BTW and the error is legitimate.

Sorry again

status changed; resolution set

Vladimir Prus — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 13:21:26 GMT

status new → closed
resolution → fixed

Oh, apparently

   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=

makes LD_LIBRARY_PATH be defined with an empty value. I suppose that

   undef LD_LIBRARY_PATH

will work matter. One might argue that maybe empty value of LD_LIBRARY_PATH should be treated as no value, but it's not obvious.