STILL OPEN: ports/129226: update devel/boost from 1.34.1 to 1.37

Thierry Thomas thierry at FreeBSD.org
Sun Jan 11 01:10:32 PST 2009


Le Dim 11 jan 09 à  0:25:54 +0100, Pav Lucistnik <pav at FreeBSD.org>
 écrivait :

> > 1) rename devel/boost to devel/boost-134
> > 2) switch all ports depending on devel/boost to devel/boost-134
> > 3) check-in boost-1.37 as devel/boost
> > 4) have enough time to fix applications depending on boost-1.34
> > one-by-one
> > 
> > This introduces another level of indirection - a common way to solve
> > issues like that
> 
> That's certainly a possibility -- but can two boost versions coexist in
> a single system?

I don't know, but I know at least one port which is broken and cannot be
fixed, because the required upgrade needs a newer boost (cad/freecad).

Regards,
-- 
Th. Thomas.
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