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[Bernhard Stegmaier <stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I can't tell at the moment, I will try how if/it works.
I did use external boost some while back, but I can't exactly remember
how I did it...


Regards,
Bernhard


On Wed, 2014-11-12 at 12:44 -0500, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:

> On 11/12/2014 11:33 AM, Bob Gustafson wrote:
> > I tried doing this on one of my blind alleys - I was able to compile
> > Boost 1.57 ok,
> > but then needed to do it again because the libs need to be static.
> > 
> >   ./b2 link=static
> 
> My guess is that you should be using dynamic libraries in spite of the
> bundling issues.  Bernhard, can you give Bob some guidance?
> 
> > 
> > Then there was the problem of telling kicad where the newly compiled
> > boost was..
> 
> -DBOOST_ROOT=/path/to/boost-1.57
> 
> in the cmake command or
> 
> export BOOST_ROOT=/path/to/boost-1.57
> 
> before you run cmake.
> 
> > 
> > ----
> > 
> > I think a simpler process is to just start from scratch (bzr branch
> > lp:kicad)
> > 
> > and before the 'make' step go into download_boost.cmake and make two
> > changes
> > - the version from 54 to 57 and on the next line change the MD5 hash result
> > (see my notes below)
> > 
> > From that point, boost will download nicely where kicad expects it to be.
> > 
> > The problem as you have pointed out is the patch step.
> > 
> > The first patch works (!) minkowski.hpp
> > but then the 2nd patch cstdint.hpp fails
> 
> The eventual goal is to do away with our custom patched version of boost
> 1.54 and use a stock build (except for the gas assembly files required
> to build the context library on windows) of boost 1.56 or later and use
> find_package() to find boost.  I would also like to move all of the
> download_foo.cmake files into a separate kicad dependency library
> builder project and only use find_package() when building kicad.
> 
> > 
> > If there was a way to make a failed patch not kill the build, it would
> > be possible to cleanly step over this bump and possibly continue with a
> > successful build.
> > 
> > Bob G
> > 
> > On 11/12/2014 07:51 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> >> You should build and install Boost 1.57 outside of kicad by following
> >> the boost build instructions of OSX and then configure the kicad build
> >> with KICAD_SKIP_BOOST=ON.  You may also have to set BOOST_ROOT if cmake
> >> cannot find the installed boost 1.57.  What you are attempting to do
> >> will most likely fail because the kicad build configuration applies a
> >> bunch of patches to boost 1.54 that will likely not apply cleanly to
> >> 1.57.  Sorry if I was not clear about the process.
> >>
> >> On 11/11/2014 7:58 PM, Bob Gustafson wrote:
> >>> To build and test with boost_1_57, my process may be different..
> >>>
> >>> I went into ~/KiCad/kicad/CMakeModules
> >>> and changed in the file download_boost.cmake
> >>> the first 54 to 57 - all of the other 54s are in comments
> >>>
> >>> Then went to ~/KiCad/kicad/kicad and did 'make 2&1 | tee make.out'
> >>> The boost 1.57 was downloaded and then failed on the hash check verify
> >>> step.
> >>>
> >>> I then went deeper into download_boost.cmake and changed the check
> >>> line to:
> >>> set( BOOST_MD5 1be49befbdd9a5ce9def2983ba3e7b76 ) ..
> >>>
> >>> Then doing the make step over again, it was smart enough not to download
> >>> boost again
> >>> and it was successful on the verify step, but then it started to patch
> >>> and failed.
> >>>
> >>> I have gone down several blind holes on this, but the build fails every
> >>> time.
> >>> (Need to go and peel the garlics now)
> >>>
> >>> ---
> >>>
> >>> In directory ~/KiCad/kicad/kicad, in file CMakeCache.txt
> >>>
> >>> Change line 'KICAD_SKIP_BOOST:BOOL=OFF'
> >>> to KICAD_SKIP_BOOST:BOOL=ON
> >>>
> >>> Although it seems that on the first build of Boost,
> >>> KICAD_SKIP_BOOST:BOOL should equal OFF (do not skip)
> >>> After Boost has been (successfully) built, then the
> >>> KICAD_SKIP_BOOST:BOOL can be set to ON (skip..)
> >>> I may be wrong about this.
> >>>
> >>> Later
> >>>
> >>> Bob G
> >>>
> >>> On 11/11/2014 12:14 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> >>>> Thanks Bob.  If the 1.57 testing doesn't cause any issues, I'll commit
> >>>> the latest avhttp changes.
> >>>>
> >>>> Wayne
> >>>>
> >>>> On 11/11/2014 12:19 PM, Bob Gustafson wrote:
> >>>>> Going through your list of instructions for the new avhttp - good
> >>>>> instructions by the way.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On OSX, boost 1.54 (was on computer) and KICAD_SKIP_BOOST=OFF (this
> >>>>> was
> >>>>> the setting)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Build went fast (no rebuild of boost..) Only a few warnings.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> kicad executes. Clicking on pcbnew - also looks good. At the top of
> >>>>> the
> >>>>> pcbnew window, it says: 2014-10-31 BZR 5247.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hope this is what was expected
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I will build the new boost 1.57 and test that.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Bob G
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 11/11/2014 08:17 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> >>>>>> Thank you everyone for testing this.  I verified that it works with
> >>>>>> Boost 1.57 using KICAD_SKIP_BOOST=ON and our modified Boost 1.54 with
> >>>>>> KICAD_SKIP_BOOST=OFF on windows.  The only unknown at this point is
> >>>>>> OSX.
> >>>>>>     Would someone please test both Boost build options (stock 1.57
> >>>>>> and our
> >>>>>> custom 1.54) on OSX?  We have OSX builds in pretty good shape so I
> >>>>>> don't
> >>>>>> want to break anything.  The process is fairly straight forward.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 1) Down load the avhttp source zip file from
> >>>>>> https://github.com/avplayer/avhttp/archive/master.zip
> >>>>>> 2) Copy the zip file to pcbnew/github/avhttp-master.zip.
> >>>>>> 3) Delete existing avhttp source folder .downloads-by-cmake/avhttp
> >>>>>> 4) Configure and build kicad against boost 1.57 using
> >>>>>> KICAD_SKIP_BOOST=ON.
> >>>>>> 5) Configure and build kicad against our custom boost 1.54 using
> >>>>>> KICAD_SKIP_BOOST=OFF.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Once I have confirmation that this doesn't break the OSX build, I
> >>>>>> will
> >>>>>> commit the latest avhttp source zip file.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Wayne
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 11/9/2014 10:45 PM, Blair Bonnett wrote:
> >>>>>>> On 10 November 2014 09:41, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>>> <mailto:oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>> Yes, it also builds with kicad's boost and it fetches the
> >>>>>>>> footprints
> >>>>>>>> form github without problems. So I would say it is safe to update.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I ran into the same compile error last night after a system update.
> >>>>>>> I've
> >>>>>>> just compiled with the latest avhttp with both Boost 1.57, and the
> >>>>>>> patched 1.54 bundled with KiCad. I encountered no problems using
> >>>>>>> either
> >>>>>>> -- cvpcb seems happy in both cases.
> >>>>>>>
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