On 05/26/2016 10:48 AM, Mark Stodola wrote:
> On 05/26/2016 10:09 AM, Valentin B wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> Recently I've installed boost and boost-devel and some other packages
>> related to the boost package.
>>
>> I then compiled libboost myself with a custom prefix. All the libs are
>> located in  /data/users/myuser/BOOST/lib.
>>
>> The program I'm trying to compile requires libboost_date_time-d.a but
>> this cannot be find anywhere.  This is what the program reports:
>>
>> $ cmake -DBUILD_PACKAGES=PyBDSM -DUSE_LOG4CPLUS=OFF -DUSE_LOG4CXX=OFF
>> ../..
>> -- Loaded compiler defintion file for GNU
>> -- Loading global variants file
>> -- C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc
>> -- CXX compiler: /usr/bin/g++
>> -- Fortran compiler: /usr/bin/gfortran
>> -- ASM compiler: /usr/bin/gcc
>> -- Adding package PyBDSM ...
>> --   PyBDSM version: 1.0
>> --   PyBDSM dependencies:
>> CMake Error at /usr/lib64/boost/Boost.cmake:536 (message):
>>    The imported target "boost_date_time-static-debug" references the file
>>
>>       "/usr/lib64/lib64/libboost_date_time-d.a"
>>
>>    but this file does not exist.  Possible reasons include:
>>
>>    * The file was deleted, renamed, or moved to another location.
>>
>>    * An install or uninstall procedure did not complete successfully.
>>
>>    * The installation package was faulty and contained
>>
>>       "/usr/lib64/boost/Boost.cmake"
>>
>>    but not all the files it references.
>>
>> Call Stack (most recent call first):
>>    /usr/lib64/boost/BoostConfig.cmake:28 (include)
>>    /usr/share/cmake/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:177 (find_package)
>>    CMake/FindBoost.cmake:62 (include)
>>    CMake/LofarFindPackage.cmake:58 (find_package)
>>    CEP/PyBDSM/CMakeLists.txt:7 (lofar_find_package)
>>
>>
>> Is there something wrong with a symlink that is not been created
>> properly during installation ?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>
> What boost packages are currently installed?
> rpm -qa \*boost\*
>
> The .a I believe is provided by boost-static (at least in SL7). Only the
> .so are in boost-date-time.
>
> If you compiled your own libboost, is there a reason you are still
> compiling against the RPM packaged version? I'm a bit confused...

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