Boost C++ Libraries: Ticket #716: Can't compile on NetBSD -- documentation not available

sirrandolf — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 06:21:10 GMT

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(I assigned a priority of 9 because this documentation is
required in order to get Boost working.)

John Maddock — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 09:06:31 GMT

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The only information missing is how to build bjam from
source: assuming there isn't a prebuilt version on sourceforge?
If so, then cd into boost-path/tools/build/jam_src and invoke:
./build.sh
the bjam executable will under bin.something/bjam, either
create a temporary alias to it, or install it somewhere in
your path.  Then follow steps 3 onwards in the getting
started guide.
HTH, John Maddock.

joaquintides — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 13:36:26 GMT

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PowerDNS docs seem to indicate that you don't need to build
Boost after all, since only Boost headers are required.
Take a look at the end of section D.1 of
http://downloads.powerdns.com/documentation/html/compiling-
powerdns.html
JoaquÃn M LÃ³pez MuÃ±oz
TelefÃ³nica, InvestigaciÃ³n y Desarrollo

sirrandolf — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 06:01:30 GMT

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That URI you provided takes me to the same web page I've
been following.  I've already tried using the CXXFLAGS=I...
command prior to running ./configure, but all I get is this
at the point of failure:
[sNip]
checking for syslog.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking boost/shared_ptr.hpp usability... no
checking boost/shared_ptr.hpp presence... no
checking for boost/shared_ptr.hpp... no
Missing boost - please install Boost packages or see http://
doc.powerdns.com/compiling-powerdns.html
Your suggestion for building jam_src seemed to work
(although I have no way of testing it).  This had no effect
on the compilation of PowerDNS though.
Some salesperson at PowerDNS indicated that I need to
purchase support.  All I want to do is evaluate their
product, but it won't compile (this is a pre-sales issue).
I don't mind contributing to a project that works, but
that's the key -- I must be able to get it to work by
following the installation instructions.
Sorry, I'm frustrated because everything else is working
just fine for me (e.g., Apache HTTPd server, mod_perl,
PostgreSQL, and much more).  The difference here is that the
web site for boost produces "404 Not found" errors, so I
feel like I'm stuck.
I really do appreciate your help, and look forward to
getting this working.

Daniel James — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 06:10:54 GMT

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I've fixed the links. The problem was that changes from the
next version of boost were accidently uploaded.

Daniel James — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 06:34:18 GMT

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Oh, looking at the messages below, this won't help much. The
problem in that PowerDNS's build system isn't finding boost.
In their instructions they're setting CXXFLAGS in the same
command as running ./configure - if you're doing this:
$ CXXFLAGS=-I/home/bert/download/boost_1_33_0
$ ./configure
That won't work, as CXXFLAGS is only set for the duration of
a single command, so either do:
$ CXXFLAGS=-I/home/bert/download/boost_1_33_0 ./configure
or to set CXXFLAGS for the current session:
$ export CXXFLAGS=-I/home/bert/download/boost_1_33_0
$ ./configure
If you want to set CXXFLAGS permanently that'll depend on
your shell. For bash have to edit .bashrc or .bash_profile
(Sorry, I'm not sure which) or something similar for other
shells.

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sirrandolf — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:04:54 GMT

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[I agree that this issue deserves its "fixed" resolution
status, and I'm confirming this by changing its status to
"closed."]
Thank you very much!  Putting both those commands on a
single command-line resulted in a successful compile of
PowerDNS (which depends on Boost).
I appreciate your quick response, and also fast action on
correcting the web site (I will take a look at it later;
hopefully sometime this morning).
Although I'm still fairly new to NetBSD (and Unix in
general), I'm finding that people are generally very
helpful, and I really appreciate your help.  I firmly
believe that projects, such as this one, which take
questions seriously and provide helpful answers (as you
most definitely have), have one of the more important
ingredients for long term success.
Thanks again.