[pkg-boost-devel] Re: libstdc++ configuratrion

[Christophe Prud'homme]

[ Saturday 12 November 2005 12:38 ]
| On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 12:30:43PM +0100, Domenico Andreoli wrote:
| > with these news, i need to understand how boost debian package needs
| > to move.
| >
| > currently unstable has boost 1.33.0, which would be ready for testing if
| > it did not depend on gcc >= 4.0.2-3.  my understanding is that gcc-4.0,
| > as it is now, will never enter testing, so neither current boost will.
| >
| > once libstdc++ gets back to new allocator, boost will probably need
| > a change of name and new dependency version on gcc 4.0 (and a rebuild
| > of all of its rdepends, like kdeedu). in this case i would push boost
| > 1.33.1, due to be released in few days, and take this wave of rdepends
| > rebuilds.
| >
| > my issues are with current kdeedu 4:3.4.2-2.1 depending on boost 1.33.0
| > and already in testing, while boost 1.33.0 is not, and with undergoing
| > c++ transition, which i honestly did not follow. am i missing anything
| > here? thank you.
|
| According to Matthias's list, boost is one of the packages affected by the
| ABI breakage.  The current version of boost can't enter testing yet because
| it blocks on the current, RC-buggy version of gcc-4.0.  The next version of
| gcc-4.0 will implement the ABI change.  So I think the only option now is
| to go for 1.33.1 in testing.
Domenico

I must admit that I haven't followed the discussion very closely.
Does the last email mean that we go for 1.33.1 immediately ?

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