boost problem while packaging SuperCollider 3.8

[Dan S]

Hi

I'm trying to get the new release 3.8 of SuperCollider into the
debian-multimedia repository. I've done an import to git here (not
pushed yet). The problem is SC's dependency on boost.

The upstream includes boost in the download, and so to be Debian-like,
we strip that out and use system boost instead. This works in prev
releases, but in 3.8 (which has updated to use boost 1.63) it errors
out with confusing compiler/linker problems:
https://github.com/supercollider/supercollider/issues/3203

The SC team actually have patches applied to their own boost:
https://github.com/supercollider/supercollider/blob/develop/external_libraries/boost_sc_changes.patch

It's possible that using bundled+patched boost would fix these
difficulties, though I'm not sure if this would be acceptable.
Grateful for any insights.

Best
Dan


https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-multimedia/supercollider.git/tree/