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["Laurent Rineau (GeometryFactory)" <>]

Le lundi 05 octobre 2009 01:49:49, 

 a écrit :
> Hello,
> 
> I am tryiing to compile CGAL boost and I get the following messages:
> 
> WARNING: Target "cmTryCompileExec" requests linking to directory
>  "/home/csverma/Software/MathLib/GMP/lib".  Targets may link only to
>  libraries.  CMake is dropping the item.
> 
>  WARNING: Target "cmTryCompileExec" requests linking to directory
>  "/home/csverma/Software/MathLib/MPFR/lib".  Targets may link only to
>  libraries.  CMake is dropping the item.
> 
>  CMake Error at cmake/modules/FindBoost.cmake:613 (message):
>    Unable to find the requested Boost libraries.
> 
>    Boost version: 1.40.0
> 
>    Boost include path: /home/csverma/Software/Boost/include
> 
>    The following Boost libraries could not be found:
> 
>          boost_thread
> 
> I am sure that Boost has been properly compiled  and the pat is correct.
> but I don't understand why this error coming. Another thing, do we need to
> specify debug version of boost also ? And what are the error warnings #1
>  and #2 ?

There is a problem in CGAL-3.4 when using recent Boost version (a CMake 
problem). You should try CGAL-3.5-beta1, or wait for CGAL-3.5 (finale 
version) 
which should be released today or tomorrow. In CGAL-3.5, recent versions of 
Boost are supported.

-- 
Laurent Rineau, PhD
Release Manager of the CGAL Project
http://www.cgal.org/
R&D Engineer at GeometryFactory
http://www.geometryfactory.com/