Boost package plans for Karmic

Scott Kitterman ubuntu at kitterman.com
Fri May 29 16:04:51 BST 2009


> Scott, thanks for pointing this out!
>
> Scott Kitterman ha scritto:
>> libboost-dev is provided by boost (1.34) and boost-defaults (1.38.1).
>> The
>> archive version of the binary is 1.38.1.  This means that packages that
>> depend
>> on the old (1.34) version of libboost-dev will likely fail to build.
>
> Is there any reference to look for input while managing such failures?

Not that I know of other than the boost source (anyone who does, please
chime in).  The standard answer I hears is be prepared for lots of pain,
but no more useful advice.

Scott K



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