waf 1.7.8 complains "cannot find boost". waf 1.7.0 does the work.
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 585b6a9..47fdd67 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
     conf.load('boost')
 
-    conf.check_boost(lib='system iostreams test thread')
+    conf.check_boost(lib='system test thread')
 
     conf.load ('ccnx')
     conf.check_ccnx (path=conf.options.ccnx_dir)