Build failure: povray

[pineapplehunter]

Steps To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. build povray

Build log

Build Log

Running phase: unpackPhase
unpacking source archive /nix/store/wm5m947kfiynhb8q77qhp1h8ihjl46mf-source
source root is source
Running phase: patchPhase
Detected autoconf 2.72
Detected automake 1.16.5
Create ../AUTHORS
Create ../ChangeLog
Create ../configure.ac
Create ../COPYING
Create ../NEWS
Create ../README
Create ../povray.1
Create ../povray.conf
Create ../scripts/
Create ../ini/
Create ../include/
Create ../scenes/
Create ../INSTALL
Create ../VERSION
Create ../icons/file_inc_classic_16.png
Create ../icons/file_inc_classic_32.png
Create ../icons/file_inc_classic_48.png
Create ../icons/file_inc_classic_64.png
Create ../icons/file_inc_crystal_16.png
Create ../icons/file_inc_crystal_32.png
Create ../icons/file_inc_crystal_48.png
Create ../icons/file_inc_crystal_64.png
Create ../icons/file_inc_slick_16.png
Create ../icons/file_inc_slick_32.png
Create ../icons/file_inc_slick_48.png
Create ../icons/file_inc_slick_64.png
Create ../icons/file_pov_classic_16.png
Create ../icons/file_pov_classic_32.png
Create ../icons/file_pov_classic_48.png
Create ../icons/file_pov_classic_64.png
Create ../icons/file_pov_crystal_16.png
Create ../icons/file_pov_crystal_32.png
Create ../icons/file_pov_crystal_48.png
Create ../icons/file_pov_crystal_64.png
Create ../icons/file_pov_slick_16.png
Create ../icons/file_pov_slick_32.png
Create ../icons/file_pov_slick_48.png
Create ../icons/file_pov_slick_64.png
Create ../icons/povray_16.png
Create ../icons/povray_32.png
Create ../icons/povray_48.png
Create ../icons/povray_64.png
Create ../doc/html
Create ./Makefile.am
Create ../kde_install.sh
Create ../povray.ini.in
Create ../Makefile.am
Create ../bootstrap
Create ../source/Makefile.am
Create ../vfe/Makefile.am
Create ../platform/Makefile.am
Run ../bootstrap
+ rm -f config.log config.status
+ aclocal -I .
+ autoheader '--warnings=all'
+ automake --add-missing '--warnings=all'
configure.ac:159: installing 'unix/config/ar-lib'
configure.ac:159: installing 'unix/config/compile'
configure.ac:150: installing 'unix/config/config.guess'
configure.ac:150: installing 'unix/config/config.sub'
configure.ac:153: installing 'unix/config/install-sh'
configure.ac:153: installing 'unix/config/missing'
platform/Makefile.am: installing 'unix/config/depcomp'
+ autoconf '--warnings=all'
configure.ac:296: warning: $as_echo is obsolete; use AS_ECHO(["message"]) instead
lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:690: _AS_IF_ELSE is expanded from...
lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:697: AS_IF is expanded from...
./lib/autoconf/general.m4:2249: AC_CACHE_VAL is expanded from...
./lib/autoconf/general.m4:2270: AC_CACHE_CHECK is expanded from...
unix/config/ax_pthread.m4:88: AX_PTHREAD is expanded from...
configure.ac:296: the top level
configure.ac:568: warning: The macro 'AC_HEADER_TIME' is obsolete.
configure.ac:568: You should run autoupdate.
./lib/autoconf/headers.m4:702: AC_HEADER_TIME is expanded from...
configure.ac:568: the top level
+ cat ./configure
+ sed -e 's,configure.gnu  --help=recursive,& --srcdir=$ac_srcdir,g' -e 's,\(cd \)\($ac_\)\(pop\)*\(dir\),\1"\2\3\4",g' -e 's,$am_aux_dir/missing,\\"$am_aux_dir\\"/missing,g'
+ mv -f ./configure.tmp ./configure
+ chmod +x ./configure
+ rm -f -r ./autom4te.cache
Running phase: updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsPhase
Updating Autotools / GNU config script to a newer upstream version: ./libraries/ilmbase/config.sub
Updating Autotools / GNU config script to a newer upstream version: ./libraries/jpeg/config.sub
Updating Autotools / GNU config script to a newer upstream version: ./libraries/openexr/config.sub
Updating Autotools / GNU config script to a newer upstream version: ./libraries/tiff/config/config.sub
Updating Autotools / GNU config script to a newer upstream version: ./libraries/ilmbase/config.guess
Updating Autotools / GNU config script to a newer upstream version: ./libraries/jpeg/config.guess
Updating Autotools / GNU config script to a newer upstream version: ./libraries/openexr/config.guess
Updating Autotools / GNU config script to a newer upstream version: ./libraries/tiff/config/config.guess
Running phase: configurePhase
fixing libtool script ./libraries/ilmbase/ltmain.sh
fixing libtool script ./libraries/jpeg/ltmain.sh
fixing libtool script ./libraries/openexr/ltmain.sh
fixing libtool script ./libraries/tiff/config/ltmain.sh
patching script interpreter paths in ./configure
./configure: interpreter directive changed from "#! /bin/sh" to "/nix/store/5mh7kaj2fyv8mk4sfq1brwxgc02884wi-bash-5.2p37/bin/sh"
configure flags: --disable-static --disable-dependency-tracking --prefix=/nix/store/mww17w8cchch6cmx6aj6nyd3n87bryib-povray-3.8.0-beta.2 COMPILED_BY=NixOS --with-boost-thread=boost_thread --with-x

===============================================================================
Configure POV-Ray version 3.8.0-beta.2
===============================================================================

This is an unofficial version compiled by:
 NixOS
The POV-Ray Team(tm) is not responsible for supporting this version.

Environment
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checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /nix/store/4s9rah4cwaxflicsk5cndnknqlk9n4p3-coreutils-9.5/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
/nix/store/5mh7kaj2fyv8mk4sfq1brwxgc02884wi-bash-5.2p37/bin/bash: "/build/source/unix/config"/missing: No such file or directory
configure: WARNING: 'missing' script is too old or missing
checking for a race-free mkdir -p... /nix/store/4s9rah4cwaxflicsk5cndnknqlk9n4p3-coreutils-9.5/bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking whether $C_INCLUDE_PATH contains the "." path... no
checking whether $CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH contains the "." path... no
checking whether make supports the include directive... yes (GNU style)
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether the compiler supports GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to enable C11 features... none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
checking dependency style of gcc... none
checking the archiver (ar) interface... ar

Programs
--------
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether the compiler supports GNU C... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to enable C11 features... (cached) none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... (cached) yes
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) none
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for stdio.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes
checking whether the compiler supports GNU C++... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking for g++ option to enable C++11 features... none needed
checking dependency style of g++... none
checking whether the g++ compiler works... yes
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
checking whether g++ supports C++11 features by default... yes
checking for C++ compiler vendor... gnu
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /nix/store/aap6cq56amx4mzbyxp2wpgsf1kqjcr1f-gnugrep-3.11/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /nix/store/aap6cq56amx4mzbyxp2wpgsf1kqjcr1f-gnugrep-3.11/bin/grep -E
checking for g++ version... 12.4.0
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for stat format option... --format=

Libraries
---------
checking whether to link with cygwin DLL... no
checking whether to enable static linking... no
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /nix/store/abm77lnrkrkb58z6xp1qwjcr1xgkcfwm-gnused-4.9/bin/sed
checking for egrep -e... (cached) /nix/store/aap6cq56amx4mzbyxp2wpgsf1kqjcr1f-gnugrep-3.11/bin/grep -E
checking whether gcc is Clang... no
checking whether pthreads work with -pthread... yes
checking for joinable pthread attribute... PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE
checking whether more special flags are required for pthreads... no
checking for PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT... yes
checking for boostlib >= 1.38... yes
checking whether the Boost::Thread library is available... yes
checking for exit in -lboost_thread... no
checking for exit in -lboost_thread-boost_thread... no
configure: error: Could not link against boost_thread-boost_thread !

Additional context

I am trying to build on the latest nixpkgs-unstable (6d97d41)

Metadata

• system: "x86_64-linux"
• host os: Linux 6.12.5, NixOS, 25.05 (Warbler), 25.05.20241219.d70bd19
• multi-user?: yes
• sandbox: yes
• version: nix-env (Nix) 2.25.3
• channels(root): "nixpkgs"
• nixpkgs: /nix/store/8fwsiv0hd7nw1brkvka0jf1frk3m7qkr-source

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