boost problem while packaging SuperCollider 3.8

[Felipe Sateler]

On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 7:37 AM, Dan S <danstowell+debmm at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>

Please push, so that I can try to reproduce locally.


>
> 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
>
>
I notice you are using wheezy. I'd first try building in sid. BTW, where
did you get boost 1.63? Unstable has 1.62...


> The SC team actually have patches applied to their own boost:
> https://github.com/supercollider/supercollider/blob/develop/external_
> libraries/boost_sc_changes.patch
>
>
This looks unrelated (at least the first part).


> 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.
>

It is possible, but lets first rule out other causes.

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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler
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