[Dune] Boost and autoconf

[Bernd Flemisch]

Don't know if this helps, I attach the hopefully relevant parts of my
config.log and my configure.

Best
Bernd


Hey Carsten,

> > Since I don't really know m4 and I'm also not aware where the
> > problem originates I did not try this yet. The newest version
> > of the ax_boost_base macro from
> >
> > http://www.nongnu.org/autoconf-archive/ax_boost_base.html
> >
> > contains a patch that is said to fix a 'problem with lib
> > dir for 64Bit systems' However, it's not clear if this problem
> > is meant, especially since it did not appear on our 64bit debian
systems.
> >
> > Our student reported that with this version dunecontrol freezes
> > just after '-->  automake...' whitout any error message - which
> > sounds even more strange. Perhaps you could also give this version
> > a try and report your results.
> >
We use the ax_boost_base.m4 for our Dumux module. I just checked and it
is the current one from nongnu.org. This works without problems on my
machine.

Kind regards
Bernd


> >
>> >> On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:05:22 +0100
>> >>   Carsten Gräser <graeser at math.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>> >>
>>> >>> Hi,
>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>>> Dear all,
>>>>> >>>>> in our private dune-module in Berlin we have a small
>>>>> >>>>> interface to
>>>>> >>>>> boost::serialization. In order to automate building we
>>>>> >>>>> copied
>>>>> >>>>> corresponding autoconf tests from
>>>>> >>>>> 'http://www.nongnu.org/autoconf-archive'
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> With minor modifications they work well on all our
>>>>> >>>>> 32/64bit debian/ubuntu
>>>>> >>>>> systems. However, one test (and configure) aborts on
>>>>> >>>>> 64bit OpenSuse systems
>>>>> >>>>> of some students.
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>> Even with the test available, just saying "does not work
>>>> >>>> on system x,
>>>> >>>> any idears?" is not enough information for getting any
>>>> >>>> hints.
>>>> >>>>
>>> >>> OK, 'does not work means' the configure script aborts
>>> >>> with
>>> >>>
>>> >>> 	Could not link against -lGL !
>>> >>>
>>> >>> This seems to be OpenGl related, but '-lGL' is just the
>>> >>> content
>>> >>> of the ax_lib variable that remains from the much
>>> >>> earlier OpenGL test.
>>> >>> The boost test does in general also uses this variable
>>> >>> but in this
>>> >>> case it is not reset.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>>> >>>> BTW: I fear (read: hope) nobody of the core developer is
>>>> >>>> working with
>>>> >>>> SuSE
>>>> >>>>
>>> >>> Perhaps it would help if some has a working autoconf
>>> >>> tests for
>>> >>> boost libraries (that is not the one from nongnu).
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I could also send the tests and the corresponding part
>>> >>> of the
>>> >>> configure script (~700 lines) but I'm afraid this will
>>> >>> not
>>> >>> help without the possibility to test on Suse.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Best Regards
>>> >>> Carsten
>>> >>>
> >

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