[ome-devel] Problem using boost for omero server tests

[josh.moore at gmx.de]

Ingvar Lagerstedt writes:
 > Hi,

Hi Ingvar,

a quick question before getting into the details, you're looking to
use OmeroCpp?

 > I am trying to run the omero server tests, but OmeroCpp fail to find my
 > boost libraries, or at least that what I interpret the error message to
 > say.  Building omero itself works fine.  On "$OMERO_HOME/build.py
 > test-unit" I get:
 > ...
 > test-compile:
 > Building with ICE_HOME=/opt/Ice-3.3.1
 > *******************************************************
 >  WARNING: boost_unit_test_framework-mt not installed
 > *******************************************************
 > scons: `test' is up to date.
 > 
 > BUILD FAILED
 > /Users/ingvar/Software/omero/omero-4.0.3/build.xml:214: The following
 > error occurred while executing this line:
 > /Users/ingvar/Software/omero/omero-4.0.3/build.xml:200: The following
 > error occurred while executing this line:
 > /Users/ingvar/Software/omero/omero-4.0.3/components/antlib/resources/global.xml:79:
 > The following error occurred while executing this line:
 > /Users/ingvar/Software/omero/omero-4.0.3/components/tools/OmeroCpp/build.xml:35:
 > Execute failed: java.io.IOException: test/unit.exe: not found

This looks to be the main problem. test/unit.exe shouldn't be accessed
if boost isn't installed. Corrected in trunk [1].

 > Looking in $OMERO_HOME/components/tools/OmeroCpp/config.log gives the
 > partially helpful:
 > ...
 > scons: Configure: Checking for boost_unit_test...
 > scons: Configure: ".sconf_temp/conftest_1.cpp" is up to date.
 > scons: Configure: The original builder output was:
 >   |.sconf_temp/conftest_1.cpp <-
 >   |  |
 >   |  |#define BOOST_TEST_MAIN
  >   |  |#define BOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK
 >   |  |#include <boost/test/included/unit_test.hpp>
 >   |  |
 >   |
 > scons: Configure: ".sconf_temp/conftest_1.o" is up to date.
 > scons: Configure: The original builder output was:
 >   |Compiling .sconf_temp/conftest_1.o
 >   |
 > scons: Configure: Building ".sconf_temp/conftest_1" failed in a previous
 > run and
 >  all its sources are up to date.
 > scons: Configure: The original builder output was:
 >   |Linking   .sconf_temp/conftest_1
 >   |
 > scons: Configure: (cached) no
 > 
 > Including the compile/link instruction might have helped here.

Good suggestion. Also added to trunk.

 > Environment:
 > Mac OS X 10.5.8 (darwin kernel 9.8.0)
 > Omero 4.0.3
 > Ice 3.3.1
 > PostgresSQL 8.2
 > BerkeleyDB 4.8.24
 > boost 1.39.0 or 1.40.0  (installed in /usr/local)
 > 
 > The warning above indicates that the expected boost library name should be:
 > libboost_unit_test_framework-mt.[a|dylib]
 > while boost 1.39.0 provides
 > libboost_unit_test_framework-xgcc40-mt.[a|dylib]
 > and boost 1.40.0
 > libboost_unit_test_framework.[a|dylib]

I've added these versions. Any others, anyone? Or does anyone have a
better suggestion. Something similar to a boost_config?

 > I started with boost 1.40.0 but when I got the above error and read that
 > boost had dropped the name decorations on the libraries I downgraded to
 > 1.39.0 to see if that worked better.  None of the provided names match
 > exactly to the library name that the warning suggests, so I also tried to
 > provide links from the provided library names to
 > libboost_unit_test_framework-mt.[a|dylib], but again no change.
 > 
 > The OmeroBuild webpage mentions a keyword VERBOSE used in
 > $OMERO_HOME/components/blitz/blitz_tools.py (info says build_tools.py) but
 > that does not give the additional info that I need here.
 > 
 > I can compile and link the testfile (conftest_1.cpp) by hand, e.g.,
 > gcc  -o boost -lboost_unit_test_framework-xgcc40-mt -lstdc++ conftest_1.cpp
 > for boost 1.39.0
 >
 > This could be an environment variable issue, or something completely
 > different, and most likely I have missed to provide some key info.

My guess is that adding support for
"boost_unit_test_framework-xgcc40-mt" would have corrected your
problem. Can you give it another try?
 
Best wishes,
~Josh


[1] https://trac.openmicroscopy.org.uk/omero/changeset/5471