[Pkg-xmpp-devel] Bug#1134805: spectrum2: FTBFS with boost 1.90: The following Boost libraries could not be found: boost_system

[Simon McVittie]

Source: spectrum2
Version: 2.2.1+dfsg-2
Severity: serious
Tags: ftbfs
Justification: fails to build from source (but built successfully in the past)

When I tried to build spectrum2 to check whether its dbus-glib 
dependency can be removed (#1112230), it failed to build before I made 
any changes:

>CMake Error at cmake_modules/FindBoost.cmake:916 (message):
>  Unable to find the requested Boost libraries.
>
>  Boost version: 1.90.0
>
>  Boost include path: /usr/include
>
>  The following Boost libraries could not be found:
>
>          boost_system
>
>  Some (but not all) of the required Boost libraries were found.  You may
>  need to install these additional Boost libraries.  Alternatively, set
>  Boost_LIBRARYDIR to the directory containing Boost libraries or BOOST_ROOT
>  to the location of Boost.
>Call Stack (most recent call first):
>  CMakeLists.txt:103 (find_package)

I think this failure was triggered by the update to Boost 1.90.

It looks as though the uses of boost_system might actually have been 
removed by debian/patches/04_make_compile_with_swift.patch, so perhaps 
the build-system check can just be dropped.

    smcv