Bug#653821: FTBFS: configure: error: Could not link against !

[Steve M. Robbins]

Source: scenic
Version: 0.6.3-1
Severity: serious
Justification: fails to build from source

Package fails to build in clean sid chroot:

checking for python platform... linux2
checking for python script directory... ${prefix}/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
checking for python extension module directory... ${exec_prefix}/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
checking for boostlib >= 1.35... yes
checking whether the Boost::Thread library is available... yes
checking whether the Boost::System library is available... yes
checking whether the Boost::Program_Options library is available... yes
configure: error: Could not link against  !
make: *** [debian/stamp-autotools] Error 1
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2




-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash