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 >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
