[Bug 1319338] Re: Default boost v1.54 has broken asio while available 1.55 is fixed

[Scott Kitterman]

** Package changed: boost-defaults (Ubuntu) => boost1.54 (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  Default boost v1.54 has broken asio while available 1.55 is fixed

Status in Boost C++ Libraries:
  Fix Released
Status in “boost1.54” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “boost1.54” source package in Trusty:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  [Test Case]
  1) g++ chat_client.cpp -std=gnu++11 -lboost_system -lpthread -o chat_client

  You will need the header chat I will attach in the following comment
  in order to make it to compile.

  Bug in current boost Trusty libraries, while trying to connect to non
  existing server.

  * Bug:
  ./chat_client localhost 2423424
  Success

  * Expected:
  ./chat_client localhost 2423424
  Connection refused

  Original Description
  --------------------
  Release: 14.04 LTS
  Version: 1.54.0.1ubuntu1
  Expected: Depend on working version of boost
  Happened: Depends on boost 1.54

  Here is a bug that was fixed in boost 7 months ago: https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/8795
  Due to that, working with boost/asio seems impossible.

  The bug is still present in boost1.54 but fixed in boost1.55.
  Therefore I consider it a bug to use version 1.54 as default, as other
  libraries' dev-packages depend on boost-default and hence cannot be
  installed together with libboost1.55-dev without being rebuild.

  Of course, other possibilities would be to ask upstream if version 1.54 could be patched or add this patch to boost1.54.
  But there might be more benefits in boost1.55 and as both versions are not perfect I see no reason to stick with the older one.

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