(In reply to comment #0)
> unique test # make ljpegtest
> /bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CXX   --mode=link g++  -g -O2 -Wextra -ansi -pedantic
> -g -Wall -Wshadow -static  -o ljpegtest ljpegtest.o ../lib/libopenraw.la
> -lboost_unit_test_framework -lboost_unit 
> g++ -g -O2 -Wextra -ansi -pedantic -g -Wall -Wshadow -o ljpegtest ljpegtest.o 
> ../lib/.libs/libopenraw.a /usr/lib64/libjpeg.so -lboost_unit_test_framework
> -lboost_unit  
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.2.2/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld:
> cannot find -lboost_unit
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make: *** [ljpegtest] Error 1

^ Please. Ignore this. Wrong paste, was experimenting.

Correct output:

x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -O2 -pipe -march=k8 -Wextra -ansi -pedantic -g -Wall -Wshadow -o .libs/ljpegtest 
              ljpegtest.o  ../lib/.libs/libopenraw.so -lboost_unit_test_framework 
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.2.2/../../../../lib64/crt1.o: In function `_start':
(.text+0x20): undefined reference to `main'

boost 1.34 seems to have broken the unit testing.

I have yet to figure out how to fix this.

replaced the boost macro to allow linking unit-test statically. this fixes this bug.
(the .so does no longer provide main() in boost 1.34)

libopenraw-0.0.4 still fails,

x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -O2 -pipe -march=k8 -Wextra -ansi -pedantic -g -Wall -Wshadow -Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed -o ljpegtest ljpegtest.o  -L/usr/lib ../lib/.libs/libopenraw.a /usr/lib64/libjpeg.so -lboost_unit_test_framework-mt   -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/lib
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.2.2/../../../../lib64/crt1.o: In function `_start':
(.text+0x20): undefined reference to `main'

do you have libboost_unit_test_framework-mt.a ?

(In reply to comment #5)
> do you have libboost_unit_test_framework-mt.a ?
> 

I do but correct me if I'm wrong, you can't link non-fpic (static) 
libs together with fpic (shared) libs on amd64 so it's picking
shared no matter what.. or else it would fail with x86_32 relocation
error..

(In reply to comment #6)
> (In reply to comment #5)
> > do you have libboost_unit_test_framework-mt.a ?

hmm actually it's libboost_unit_test_framework-mt-s.a

-rw-r--r-- 1 root 793K Dec 25 09:55 /usr/lib64/libboost_unit_test_framework-mt-s.a
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 276K Dec 25 09:55 /usr/lib64/libboost_unit_test_framework-mt.so

(just in case..

-rw-r--r-- 1 root 214K Oct 31 21:25 /usr/lib64/libjpeg.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root  792 Oct 31 21:25 /usr/lib64/libjpeg.la
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root   17 Oct 31 21:25 /usr/lib64/libjpeg.so -> libjpeg.so.62.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root   17 Oct 31 21:25 /usr/lib64/libjpeg.so.62 -> libjpeg.so.62.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 139K Oct 31 21:25 /usr/lib64/libjpeg.so.62.0.0)

(In reply to comment #6)

> I do but correct me if I'm wrong, you can't link non-fpic (static) 
> libs together with fpic (shared) libs on amd64 so it's picking
> shared no matter what.. or else it would fail with x86_32 relocation
> error..

I have no problem on Suse x86_64, and it use the static one, because the dynamic one does not provide main(). It is a known design issue of libboost-unit-test-framework

if you have any further idea or information, feel free to reopen.

reopening

switching to use boost minimal test instead. Not library dependency. Problem solved.