Static linking of Blender 2.77a with boost 1.60.0 fails due to boost_locale and boost_system #49231

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Iakovos Panourgias · 2016-09-02T20:21:00+02:00

2016-09-02 20:21:00 +02:00

System Information
CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511 (Core)

Blender Version
Broken: (example: 2.77a)
Worked: (optional)

Short description of error
When compiling a static version of Blender (from source) with a static version of boost 1.60.0 (from source) the order of the boost_locale and boost_system libraries are incorrect.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
I followed the steps of ./build_files/build_environment/install_deps.sh

Download boost 1.60.0 (from http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.60.0/boost_1_60_0.tar.bz2)
Build boost

./bootstrap.sh --prefix=/mnt/lustre/software/boost/1.60 --with-python=python3 --with-python-root="/mnt/lustre/software/python/3.5.1 : /mnt/lustre/software/python/3.5.1/include/python3.5m /mnt/lustre/software/python/3.5.1/include/python3.5"
./b2 -j17 -a -q variant=release debug-symbols=off threading=multi link=static cxxflags=-fPIC cflags=-fPIC python=3.5 --with-system --with-filesystem --with-thread --with-python --with-mpi --with-regex --with-locale --with-date_time --with-wave --disable-icu boost.locale.icu=off install

Download Blender 2.77a (from http://download.blender.org/source/blender-2.77a.tar.gz)
Build Blender

cmake -D WITH_STATIC_LIBS=ON \
      -D CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/mnt/lustre/software/blender/2.77a \
      -D Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON -D Boost_USE_ICU=ON \
      -D Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS=TRUE -D Boost_USE_ICU=TRUE \
      -D PYTHON_NUMPY_PATH=/mnt/lustre/software/numpy/1.10.1/lib/python3.5/site-packages/ \
      ..
make -j17

Compilation works; however, whilst linking I get these errors:

/mnt/lustre/software/boost/1.60/lib/libboost_locale.a(generator.o):generator.cpp:function boost::thread_exception::thread_exception(int, char const*): error: undefined reference to 'boost::system::system_category()'
/mnt/lustre/software/boost/1.60/lib/libboost_locale.a(generator.o):generator.cpp:function _GLOBAL__sub_I__ZN5boost6locale9generatorC2ERKNS0_28localization_backend_managerE: error: undefined reference to 'boost::system::generic_category()'
/mnt/lustre/software/boost/1.60/lib/libboost_locale.a(generator.o):generator.cpp:function _GLOBAL__sub_I__ZN5boost6locale9generatorC2ERKNS0_28localization_backend_managerE: error: undefined reference to 'boost::system::generic_category()'
/mnt/lustre/software/boost/1.60/lib/libboost_locale.a(generator.o):generator.cpp:function _GLOBAL__sub_I__ZN5boost6locale9generatorC2ERKNS0_28localization_backend_managerE: error: undefined reference to 'boost::system::system_category()'

In order to resolve the issue I had to manually edit the file ./source/creator/CMakeFiles/blender.dir/link.txt and move -lboost_system after -lboost_locale; like this:

-lboost_locale -lboost_system

Could you please modify your cmake rules; so that the order of boost libraries is correct?

Thanks,
Iakovos

**System Information** CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511 (Core) **Blender Version** Broken: (example: 2.77a) Worked: (optional) **Short description of error** When compiling a static version of Blender (from source) with a static version of boost 1.60.0 (from source) the order of the boost_locale and boost_system libraries are incorrect. **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** I followed the steps of ./build_files/build_environment/install_deps.sh 1. Download boost 1.60.0 (from http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.60.0/boost_1_60_0.tar.bz2) 2. Build boost ``` ./bootstrap.sh --prefix=/mnt/lustre/software/boost/1.60 --with-python=python3 --with-python-root="/mnt/lustre/software/python/3.5.1 : /mnt/lustre/software/python/3.5.1/include/python3.5m /mnt/lustre/software/python/3.5.1/include/python3.5" ./b2 -j17 -a -q variant=release debug-symbols=off threading=multi link=static cxxflags=-fPIC cflags=-fPIC python=3.5 --with-system --with-filesystem --with-thread --with-python --with-mpi --with-regex --with-locale --with-date_time --with-wave --disable-icu boost.locale.icu=off install ``` 3. Download Blender 2.77a (from http://download.blender.org/source/blender-2.77a.tar.gz) 4. Build Blender ``` cmake -D WITH_STATIC_LIBS=ON \ -D CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/mnt/lustre/software/blender/2.77a \ -D Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON -D Boost_USE_ICU=ON \ -D Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS=TRUE -D Boost_USE_ICU=TRUE \ -D PYTHON_NUMPY_PATH=/mnt/lustre/software/numpy/1.10.1/lib/python3.5/site-packages/ \ .. make -j17 ``` 5. Compilation works; however, whilst linking I get these errors: ``` /mnt/lustre/software/boost/1.60/lib/libboost_locale.a(generator.o):generator.cpp:function boost::thread_exception::thread_exception(int, char const*): error: undefined reference to 'boost::system::system_category()' /mnt/lustre/software/boost/1.60/lib/libboost_locale.a(generator.o):generator.cpp:function _GLOBAL__sub_I__ZN5boost6locale9generatorC2ERKNS0_28localization_backend_managerE: error: undefined reference to 'boost::system::generic_category()' /mnt/lustre/software/boost/1.60/lib/libboost_locale.a(generator.o):generator.cpp:function _GLOBAL__sub_I__ZN5boost6locale9generatorC2ERKNS0_28localization_backend_managerE: error: undefined reference to 'boost::system::generic_category()' /mnt/lustre/software/boost/1.60/lib/libboost_locale.a(generator.o):generator.cpp:function _GLOBAL__sub_I__ZN5boost6locale9generatorC2ERKNS0_28localization_backend_managerE: error: undefined reference to 'boost::system::system_category()' ``` 6. In order to resolve the issue I had to manually edit the file ./source/creator/CMakeFiles/blender.dir/link.txt and move -lboost_system after -lboost_locale; like this: ``` -lboost_locale -lboost_system ``` Could you please modify your cmake rules; so that the order of boost libraries is correct? Thanks, Iakovos

Iakovos Panourgias commented

2016-09-02 20:21:00 +02:00

Changed status to: 'Open'

Iakovos Panourgias commented

2016-09-02 20:21:00 +02:00

Added subscriber: @iakovos

Sergey Sharybin was assigned by Aaron Carlisle

2016-09-04 20:28:37 +02:00

Sergey Sharybin commented

2016-09-05 13:11:31 +02:00

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Archived'

Sergey Sharybin closed this issue

2016-09-05 13:11:31 +02:00

Sergey Sharybin commented

2016-09-05 13:11:31 +02:00

This is weird because we use static linking against 1.60 for the release builds. Maybe boost itself is compiled with different options tho.

Another thing is that bug tracker explicitly says not to report compilation error issues and use IRC or mailing list for that ;) So will archive the report now, but will keep monitoring it.

In any case, i committed some tweaks to CMake now in 1df4f79 so hopefully the issue is now solved for you.

This is weird because we use static linking against 1.60 for the release builds. Maybe boost itself is compiled with different options tho. Another thing is that bug tracker explicitly says not to report compilation error issues and use IRC or mailing list for that ;) So will archive the report now, but will keep monitoring it. In any case, i committed some tweaks to CMake now in 1df4f79 so hopefully the issue is now solved for you.

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Static linking of Blender 2.77a with boost 1.60.0 fails due to boost_locale and boost_system #49231