Problem linking with boost libraries

[cauthu]

I have the following problem when running make (in build directory, according http://esa.github.io/pygmo/install.html without any of the optional libraries like GSL, etc.)

Linking CXX executable main
/usr/bin/cmake -E cmake_link_script CMakeFiles/main.dir/link.txt --verbose=1
/usr/bin/c++    -fmessage-length=0 -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-deprecated -Wno-ignored-qualifiers -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Wextra -Wnoexcept -Wdisabled-optimization -std=c++0x -std=c++11 -pthread -DBOOST_THREAD_USE_DLL -DBOOST_SERIALIZATION_DYN_LINK=1 -O3 -DNDEBUG    CMakeFiles/main.dir/main.o  -o main -rdynamic -lm -lboost_system -lboost_thread -lboost_serialization -lpthread src/libpagmo.a 
src/libpagmo.a(archipelago.o): In function `pagmo::archipelago::sync_island_start() const':
archipelago.cpp:(.text+0x1d51): undefined reference to `boost::detail::get_current_thread_data()'
archipelago.cpp:(.text+0x1e0c): undefined reference to `boost::this_thread::interruption_point()'
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But it will work fine if I edit ./CMakeFiles/main.dir/link.txt to move the the boost libraries (e.g., -lboost_system) at the end of the line, after everything else.

[pstjohn]

Got this same issue, editing link.txt allowed installation to proceed.
Not a great solution if you're trying to build the example or test directories, as they each have their own link.txt file.

[darioizzo]

This is a Ubuntu specific problem. Switching the libraries order breaks all other distros (gentoo, archlinux, fedora). Not sure what the solution is here. I will close the ticket for now.