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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: hasufell@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] boost-utils.eclass -- for building against newest boost.
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 08:08:05
Message-Id: 20120828100720.475d4ca4@pomiocik.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] boost-utils.eclass -- for building against newest boost. by hasufell
1 On Tue, 28 Aug 2012 09:43:37 +0200
2 hasufell <hasufell@g.o> wrote:
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7 > On 08/28/2012 06:26 AM, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote:
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9 > > There needs to be a way to specify maximal accepted slot of Boost.
10 > > Examples of some possibilities: * BOOST_MAX_SLOT="1.49" global
11 > > variable * '--max 1.49' arguments for boost-utils_get_* functions
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13 >
14 > Exactly. I don't see any reason for this eclass except this feature.
15 > The current expected behavior of boost and build systems is that
16 > always the latest installed will be picked.
17 >
18 > In fact this breaks packages in 3 of 4 cases on new boost versions.
19 >
20 > And while we are it it, we can punt the useless eselect
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22 It was queued for punting. That's reason for the eclass.
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25 Best regards,
26 Michał Górny

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