On 14-11-2014 20:19, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Ken Moffat wrote: > >> New versions of boost almost always cause build problems in some of >> the packages which use it. Sometimes waiting a little while means >> that other distros find workarounds, but at other times waiting does >> not help. >> >> If we are talking seriously about reverting it, can we have a list >> of which packages *have* already been built against it ? > > That's a good idea.
In the ticket #5763I, did it: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/ticket/5763#comment:3 {{{ # builds tested swig valgrind exempi clucene ekiga gnash # not tested mariadb kde-workspace akonadi kdepimlibs kdepim libreoffice abiword inkscape }}} >> Perhaps, for some packages like boost, we should not jump in as >> soon as it is released, but instead add details to the ticket noting >> which packages (and versions) seem ok with it, and therefore listing >> which have not been built. And then at some point we can bring it >> back to the list and agree to try it, or else to find somebody to >> build the packages which are preventing it being used. I remember >> having to test a lot of packages before putting a new openssl >> version (the 1.0.0 series, I suppose) into the book. >> >> Or we can just say that this is development, temporarily disable >> the dep (we've done that in libreoffice - for boost in the past) and >> hope that something will eventually turn up. I hardly ever use >> cmake packages - is it possible to stop kdepim from building against >> boost by adding a definition when cmake is invoked ? Doing that >> will not solve all the problems, some packages require boost. > > I do note that for kdepim the log says: > > -- The following REQUIRED packages have been found: > ... > > * Boost (required version >= 1.34.0) , Boost C++ Libraries , > <http://www.boost.org> > Boost is required for building most KDEPIM applications > > We have that dependency Recommended, but it should be Required. I am still rebuilding boost two versions and testing. Will you do this change, or do you want me doing it? -- []s, Fernando -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
