[Bug 479180] [NEW] libboost1.40-dev doesn't provide pkg-config (.pc) files

[Adam J Richardson]

Public bug reported:

I can't find any pkg-config files for Boost in $PKG_CONFIG_PATH. It
would be great if the package maintainers could provide some. If
maintainer time is a problem, I'm prepared to have a stab at making some
up myself (gulp).

I know this issue has been discussed now and then on the Boost mailing
list (since 2005?), but it seems to me the conclusion was basically
"it's up to the package maintainer".

I think this is a bug rather than a feature request, apologies if I'm
wrong. But it does make Boost tough to use in a crossplatform
environment.

Environment:
arichardson at vostro-1:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 9.10
Release:	9.10

arichardson at vostro-1:~$ apt-cache policy libboost1.40-dev
libboost1.40-dev:
  Installed: 1.40.0-2ubuntu2
  Candidate: 1.40.0-2ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 1.40.0-2ubuntu2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Expected behaviour:
arichardson at vostro-1:~/Projects/XMLInjector$ pkg-config --list-all 2>&1 | grep boost
[list of options I can hand to gcc with `pkg-config --cflags --libs boost-filesystem boost-regex boost-etc`]
arichardson at vostro-1:~/Projects/XMLInjector$ 

Actual behaviour:
arichardson at vostro-1:~/Projects/XMLInjector$ pkg-config --list-all 2>&1 | grep boost
arichardson at vostro-1:~/Projects/XMLInjector$ 

Thanks for your time.

** Affects: boost1.40 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: boost pkg-config

-- 
libboost1.40-dev doesn't provide pkg-config (.pc) files
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/479180
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

-- 
ubuntu-bugs mailing list
ubuntu-bugs at lists.ubuntu.com
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs