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| -rw-r--r-- | var/spack/packages/boost/package.py | 13 |
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diff --git a/var/spack/packages/boost/package.py b/var/spack/packages/boost/package.py index 3427b74ad6..894af9edd1 100644 --- a/var/spack/packages/boost/package.py +++ b/var/spack/packages/boost/package.py @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ from spack import * +import os +import sys + class Boost(Package): """Boost provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries, emphasizing libraries that work well with the C++ @@ -127,6 +130,16 @@ class Boost(Package): '--layout=tagged']) 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'] + # to make Boost find the user-config.jam env['BOOST_BUILD_PATH'] = './' |