Bug 275662

Summary:	media-gfx/inkscape-0.47_pre0 not detecting boost
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	John Kristensen <jerrykan>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal	CC:	patrick
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description John Kristensen 2009-06-28 04:32:05 UTC

Attempting to compile inkscape-0.47_pre0 produces:

checking boost/concept_check.hpp usability... no
checking boost/concept_check.hpp presence... no
checking for boost/concept_check.hpp... no
configure: error: You need the boost package (e.g. libboost-dev)


creating a symlink:
  /usr/include/boost -> /usr/include/boost-1_37/boost/
allows the configure script to detect the files, but I'm sure this isn't the ideal solution

Comment 1 Patrick Lauer gentoo-dev

2009-06-28 10:25:31 UTC

"eselect boost" is what you want.

The new slotted boost (1.35-r5 and later) have this small trouble that the ebuild doesn't set the boost version to use, so apps fail to detect it. There's a bug open for it, but right now users have to manually fix that.