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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 21:08:33
Message-Id: 5102F438.7020000@binarywings.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Boost version problem by Nikos Chantziaras
1 Am 25.01.2013 20:02, schrieb Nikos Chantziaras:
2 > On 24/01/13 21:15, Florian Philipp wrote:
3 >> Am 24.01.2013 18:57, schrieb Jacques Montier:
4 >>> 2013/1/24 microcai <microcai@×××××××××××××.org
5 >>> <mailto:microcai@×××××××××××××.org>>
6 >> [...]
7 >>> >>>>
8 >>> >>>> Libreoffice-4.0 needs boost > 1.49 (so works with
9 >>> boost-1.52.0-r5) and
10 >>> >>>> Nightshade LSS (for planetarium but not in portage) needs
11 >>> 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 >>> I already tried that, but Nightshade doesn't compile with
19 >>> boost-1.52... :-((
20 >>>
21 >>
22 >> I could rant about the stupidity that is boost and/or packages that
23 >> depend on it for some time but Flameeyes does a far better job at that.
24 >
25 > I wonder what the view on bundled boost headers is with Gentoo devs. I'm
26 > currently working on a project where I need boost, and now I'm thinking
27 > about using BCP (http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_52_0/tools/bcp) to
28 > bundle what I need within the project. At least this would guarantee
29 > that the package wouldn't be affected by this issue.
30 >
31 >
32
33 As I understand it, bundling the headers is exactly what you are
34 supposed to do with boost.
35
36 Regards,
37 Florian Philipp

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