Well, in my case, the library name was not even that specific. It found /usr/lib/libboost_date_time-mt.so before /home/loose/boost/boost-1.40.0/lib/libboost_date_time.so, simply because libboost_date_time-mt.so is searched for in *all* paths before libboost_date_time.so.
Anyway, I still think this is (also) a CMake issue. IMHO it would make sense to turn the loop in cmFindLibraryCommand::FindNormalLibrary() inside out. What's your opinion? Best regards, Marcel Loose. On Thu, 2010-03-18 at 10:05 -0400, Michael Jackson wrote: > I thought there was now an option the boost build system to NOT add > all the "very specific" naming of each library which is now the > default. There is a way to turn that back on. You will have to search > through the boost-build docs for that info. > > ___________________________________________________________ > Mike Jackson www.bluequartz.net > Principal Software Engineer mike.jack...@bluequartz.net > BlueQuartz Software Dayton, Ohio > > > On Mar 18, 2010, at 9:47 AM, Marcel Loose wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I ran into a problem with FindBoost where it fails to find the correct > > version of a component library. The cause is pretty clear to me. > > > > There's a system-wide (rather old) version of Boost installed and > > there's my latest-greatest version of Boost. The FindBoost macro > > searches for a library using rather specific names first and generic > > names last. These are all listed under NAMES. FIND_LIBRARY() tries to > > find each name in all paths specified under PATHS. > > > > Problem is that (for reasons I do not really know) the very specific > > library name is not present in my latest-greatest directory, but it IS > > present in /usr/lib. > > > > This problem is closely related to a post on this list a couple of > > months ago: http://www.mail-archive.com/cmake@cmake.org/msg24565.html > > Unfortunately, no-one ever replied to that post. > > > > Basically, the author of that post suggested to turn the loop in > > cmFindLibraryCommand::FindNormalLibrary() inside out: i.e. > > for(path in paths) > > { > > for(name in names) > > { > > find name in path; > > if found return name; > > } > > } > > > > Any thoughts on this? > > > > Best regards, > > Marcel Loose. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > > http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake > _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake