I downloaded 3.7RC7, and started with a ./configure, and got this error 
message:

checking for boostlib >= 1.37... yes
checking whether the Boost::Thread library is available... yes
checking whether the boost thread library is usable... no
configure: error: in `/home/rakshasa/Downloads/tmp/povray-3.7.0.RC7':
configure: error: cannot link with the boost thread library
See `config.log' for more details

config.log had the following to say:

configure: failed program was:
| /* confdefs.h */
| #define PACKAGE_NAME "POV-Ray"
| #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "povray"
| #define PACKAGE_VERSION "3.7.0.RC7"
| #define PACKAGE_STRING "POV-Ray 3.7.0.RC7"
| #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "uni### [at] povrayorg"
| #define PACKAGE_URL ""
| #define VERSION_BASE "3.7"
| #define DISTRIBUTION_MESSAGE_2 " Timothy Groves 
<tim### [at] gmailcom>"
| #define PACKAGE "povray"
| #define VERSION "3.7.0.RC7"
| #define STDC_HEADERS 1
| #define HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H 1
| #define HAVE_SYS_STAT_H 1
| #define HAVE_STDLIB_H 1
| #define HAVE_STRING_H 1
| #define HAVE_MEMORY_H 1
| #define HAVE_STRINGS_H 1
| #define HAVE_INTTYPES_H 1
| #define HAVE_STDINT_H 1
| #define HAVE_UNISTD_H 1
| #define HAVE_STDLIB_H 1
| #define BUILD_ARCH "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
| #define COMPILER_VENDOR "gnu"
| #define COMPILER_VERSION "g++ 4.8"
| #define COMPILER_VER " (g++ 4.8 @ x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu)"
| #define HAVE_PTHREAD 1
| #define HAVE_BOOST /**/
| #define HAVE_BOOST_THREAD /**/
| /* end confdefs.h.  */
|
| #include <boost/thread/thread.hpp>
|
| int
| main ()
| {
| boost::defer_lock_t(); return 0;
|   ;
|   return 0;
| }

I am running XUbuntu 13.10 x64 on a Core i7-2600.  I tried the 
--with-boost-thread=boost_thread-mt flag suggested on the download page, 
but it didn't help.

Any suggestions?

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