boost problem while packaging SuperCollider 3.8

[Dan S]

2017-09-25 13:48 GMT+01:00 Felipe Sateler <fsateler at debian.org>:
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> On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 7:37 AM, Dan S <danstowell+debmm at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi
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>> 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.
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> Please push, so that I can try to reproduce locally.

OK, done.

>> 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
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> 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...

"libboost1.63-dev" etc packages

>> The SC team actually have patches applied to their own boost:
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>> https://github.com/supercollider/supercollider/blob/develop/external_libraries/boost_sc_changes.patch
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> This looks unrelated (at least the first part).
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>> 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.
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> It is possible, but lets first rule out other causes.
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> Saludos,
> Felipe Sateler