On Tue, 28 Aug 2012 09:43:37 +0200
hasufell <hasuf...@gentoo.org> wrote:

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> On 08/28/2012 06:26 AM, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote:
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> > There needs to be a way to specify maximal accepted slot of Boost.
> > Examples of some possibilities: * BOOST_MAX_SLOT="1.49" global
> > variable * '--max 1.49' arguments for boost-utils_get_* functions
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> Exactly. I don't see any reason for this eclass except this feature.
> The current expected behavior of boost and build systems is that
> always the latest installed will be picked.
> 
> In fact this breaks packages in 3 of 4 cases on new boost versions.
> 
> And while we are it it, we can punt the useless eselect

It was queued for punting. That's reason for the eclass.

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Best regards,
Michał Górny

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