[pkg-boost-devel] Debian Lenny: compatibility between libcgal-dev and libboost1.35-dev

[Stephen Woodbridge]

Joachim Reichel wrote:
> Hi Stephen,
> 
>> I'm running Debian Lenny on an amd64 box and I needed to load
>> libcgal-dev to build pgRouting application. I have been using
>> libboost1.35-dev and see that the packaging is broken if I try to
>> install libcgal-dev.
>>
>> I might be able to backup to libboost 1.34.1, but it would be nice if
>> libcgal would install on the newer version. I realize this might be an
>> issue also with the boost team with respect to package names and
>> version, but maybe you guys can work this out so users like me don't get
>> tripped up by this problem.
> 
> the problems you are describing are unavoidable if there are several
> versions of some library, but it is not possible to install the -dev
> packages of both versions simultaneously. In lenny, CGAL is built
> against Boost 1.34, although there is problem (known) with building
> against 1.35. But such a change won't happen for lenny since it gets
> only updates for security issues or grave bugs.
> 
> If I'm not mistaken most packages in lenny using Boost use 1.34,
> therefore I'd suggest to install the 1.34 packages, or built CGAL
> yourself against Boost 1.35.
> 
> About upcoming Debian releases: I'm aware of changes in the Boost
> packaging, but don't recall the exact details at the moment. In
> particular, I don't know whether it will be possible to install the -dev
> packages of two Boost versions simultaneously. Maye the Boost team can
> make a comment on that.

OK, Thank you for the responses. I uninstalled libboost 1.35 and 
installed 1.34 which seems to be working ok.

All the best,
   -Steve