Merge branch 'eschnett-eschnett/boost-mpi-osx' into develop

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/boost/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/boost/package.py
index 82ce6fbb74..f889da21f2 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/boost/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/boost/package.py
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ from spack import *
 import spack
 import sys
 
+import os
+import sys
+
 class Boost(Package):
     """Boost provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source
        libraries, emphasizing libraries that work well with the C++
@@ -173,6 +176,16 @@ class Boost(Package):
         return threadingOpts
 
     def install(self, spec, prefix):
+        # On Darwin, Boost expects the Darwin libtool. However, one of the
+        # dependencies may have pulled in Spack's GNU libtool, and these two are
+        # not compatible. We thus create a symlink to Darwin's libtool and add
+        # it at the beginning of PATH.
+        if sys.platform == 'darwin':
+            newdir = os.path.abspath('darwin-libtool')
+            mkdirp(newdir)
+            force_symlink('/usr/bin/libtool', join_path(newdir, 'libtool'))
+            env['PATH'] = newdir + ':' + env['PATH']
+
         withLibs = list()
         for lib in Boost.all_libs:
             if "+{0}".format(lib) in spec: