Graham Reitz wrote:
> Thanks Alexander,
>
> Yes, I have been building boost from source for linux and windows.  I
> am a new mac user (convertee).   A friend turned my on to fink.  I was
> a little surprised to see that dependency.
>
> I don't use boost.python much so I normally build boost without it.
> Is there a way to prevent python from being added to the package?
>
> Thanks,
> Graham
>
>   

That's also a matter for the maintainer to decide--it may be possible to 
build the python bindings after boost has been installed, rather than 
during the initial build process.

> On 7/30/07, Alexander Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>   
>> Graham Reitz wrote:
>>     
>>> Why does the Boost 1.33 package pull in x11/xfree86 as a dependency?
>>>
>>> Is this intentional?  I have been using boost for many years and there
>>> are no x11/xfree86 dependencies.
>>>
>>> Also, how long will it take for Boost 1.34 to make it into Fink?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Graham
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> $ fink show-deps boost1.33
>> Information about 7372 packages read in 27 seconds.
>>
>> Package: boost1.33 (1.33.1-1008)
>> To install the compiled package...
>>   The following other packages (and their dependencies) must be installed:
>>     boost1.33-shlibs (= 1.33.1-1008)
>>   The following other packages must not be installed:
>>     boost1.31
>>     boost1.32
>>     boost1.32-py23
>>     boost1.32-py24
>>     boost1.32.python
>> To compile this package from source...
>>   The following packages are also compiled at the same time:
>>     boost1.33-shlibs (1.33.1-1008)
>>   The following other packages (and their dependencies) must be installed:
>>     boost-jam
>>     python
>> ...
>>
>> So there is a BuildDependency on python, and our python requires x11.
>> Thus there is an indirect BuildDepend on x11, and it's quite deliberate.
>>
>> Have you been building boost from source on a platform where X11 is more
>> or less assumed always to be available?
>>
>> As for boost-1.34:  ask the boost-1.33 maintainer about that, since he
>> would be the one to make such an update.
>>
>> --
>> Alexander K. Hansen
>> akh AT finkproject DOT org
>> Fink User Liaison and Documenter
>>
>>
>>     


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