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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/boost.scm | 13 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/boost.scm b/gnu/packages/boost.scm index fbd0425c96..71b34ada1f 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/boost.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/boost.scm @@ -100,7 +100,18 @@ make-flags))) (replace 'install (lambda* (#:key make-flags #:allow-other-keys) - (apply invoke "./b2" "install" make-flags)))))) + (apply invoke "./b2" "install" make-flags))) + (add-after 'install 'provide-libboost_python + (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys) + (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))) + ;; Boost can build support for both Python 2 and Python 3 since + ;; version 1.67.0, and suffixes each library with the Python + ;; version. Many consumers only check for libboost_python + ;; however, so we provide it here as suggested in + ;; <https://github.com/boostorg/python/issues/203>. + (with-directory-excursion (string-append out "/lib") + (symlink "libboost_python27.so" "libboost_python.so")) + #t)))))) (home-page "https://www.boost.org") (synopsis "Peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries") |