Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Toggle use of bad versions of Boost

[Alexandru Csete]

On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 8:12 PM, Tom Rondeau <address@hidden> wrote:
> GNU Radio: now allowing you to shoot yourself in the foot!
>
> We've identified a few versions of Boost that don't work well with GNU
> Radio, 1.46, 1.47, and 1.52. A little while ago, I updated our cmake build
> files to look for these specific versions and disable their use if found.
>
> Sadly, many distros currently ship with one of these known bad versions.
> Looking at Boost's website, 1.47 and 1.52 are by far the most downloaded
> Boost versions. So, as recommended by Johnathan, I put in a cmake command
> line option that allows you to override the version check so GNU Radio will
> build with any current Boost.
>
> To use it, just specify "-DENABLE_BAD_BOOST=True" on your cmake command
> line. By default this is False. That will allow you to build against
> anything. If this value is False, all GNU Radio components will be disabled
> if it finds one of the bad versions. (VOLK and a couple of others will still
> pass and compile since they are not affected by the problem).
>
> Just be aware that using one of these versions can cause problems.
> Specifically, it can lock up your application when shutting down a
> flowgraph. Also, many distros that ship with one of these bad versions also
> have other, good, versions that you can pretty easily switch to.
>

Hi,

Sorry for the late reply, but I just realized that half of my
computers running Mint 13 (based on Ubuntu 12.04) come with Boost
1.46, yet I have had no problem building gnuradio without using
"-DENABLE_BAD_BOOST=True"
Admittedly, this distro appears to have a horrible mix of 1.46 and
1.48, which may confuse cmake - I really have no idea which one really
is installed but I do have runtime issues on these computers. If
anybody has ideas for what we can do on Mint 13 / Ubuntu 12.04, please
let me know.

Alex