Re: [Gnash-dev] boost iostream and npapi plugin

[Sandro Santilli]

For the record, I've pushed a commit that prints the ERROR
at configure time when the needed library is not installed.

--strk;

On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 09:58:32PM +0100, Sandro Santilli wrote:
> I was testing the npapi plugin on an Ubuntu 14.04 and was surprised
> to get a runtime error of this kind:
> 
>   LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library
>   /extra/gnash-dev/npapi/libgnashplugin.so:
>   undefined symbol: _ZN5boost9iostreams20file_descriptor_sinkC1Eib]
> 
> Indeed there's no boost_iostream library linked by the plugin,
> while it seems to be needed.
> 
> Looking at git history a recent commit changed the way boost libraries
> are handled in macros/boost.m4, could it have affected this ?
> 
>  commit 8603e08253b3c60aca5c775ccf1cd576535c7cf0
> 
> In particular, I don't get any WARNING or ERROR at ./configure time
> for the lack of iostream library. I noticed in the commit that some
> variables were renamed in boost.m4
> (cygnal_missing_libs -> missing_cygnal_libs)
> while the old name is still used in configure.ac
> 
> Is iostream needed on all systems ? Should we print an ERROR if
> those libraries are missing ?
> 
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