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From: Florian Philipp <lists@×××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Boost version problem
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:25:00
Message-Id: 5102CDCE.1020106@binarywings.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Boost version problem by Florian Philipp
1 Am 24.01.2013 20:15, schrieb Florian Philipp:
2 > Am 24.01.2013 18:57, schrieb Jacques Montier:
3 >>
4 >>
5 >> 2013/1/24 microcai <microcai@×××××××××××××.org
6 >> <mailto:microcai@×××××××××××××.org>>
7 > [...]
8 >> >>>>
9 >> >>>> Libreoffice-4.0 needs boost > 1.49 (so works with
10 >> boost-1.52.0-r5) and
11 >> >>>> Nightshade LSS (for planetarium but not in portage) needs boost
12 >> < 1.5
13 >> >>>> (so works with 1.49.0-r2).
14 >> >>>> Is it possible to install both 1.49 and 1.52 (in new slot) ?
15 >>
16 >> update Nightshade to work with boost 1.52 is the only way to go.
17 >>
18 >> >>>
19 >> >>>
20 >> >>> No.
21 >> >>>
22 >> >>> Boost IIRC used to be slotted, but not anymore. Like any other
23 >> package,
24 >> >>> you get one and only one version at a time.
25 > [...]
26 >>
27 >>
28 >> I already tried that, but Nightshade doesn't compile with boost-1.52... :-((
29 >>
30 >
31 > I could rant about the stupidity that is boost and/or packages that
32 > depend on it for some time but Flameeyes does a far better job at that.
33 >
34 > Anyway: if you cannot patch the package, try to install an older boost
35 > version manually and direct your package to its location.
36 >
37 > If you are lucky, your package only needs some template headers from
38 > boost, not an actual shared library. In that case you can remove your
39 > local boost copy afterwards.
40 >
41 > BTW: These quoting tabs are obnoxious. Is that how Gmail acts nowadays?
42 >
43 > Regards,
44 > Floroan Philipp
45
46 The "geki-overlay" contains a package dev-libs/boost-headers which is
47 slotted. Maybe that helps.
48
49 Regards,
50 Florian Philipp

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