[pkg-boost-devel] Bug#554410: please add indirection step from libboost-all-dev via unversioned -dev packages

[Simon Richter]

Package: libboost-all-dev
Version: 1.40.0.1
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

I'd like to ask for the dependency chain to be changed from

libboost-all-dev -> libboost1.40-all-dev -> libboost-foo1.40-dev

to

libboost-all-dev -> libboost-foo-dev -> libboost-foo1.40-dev

Rationale: On systems where I don't have root permission, I'd like to be
able to point the admin to a single package to install to get a fully
functional Boost installation. libboost-all-dev provides this for
unpackaged software, however compiling Debian packages is impossible as
these declare build dependencies on individual libraries' unversioned
-dev packages, which are not brought in by -all-dev.

   Simon

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
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  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
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Versions of packages libboost-all-dev depends on:
ii  libboost1.40-all-dev          1.40.0-2   Boost C++ Libraries development fi

libboost-all-dev recommends no packages.

libboost-all-dev suggests no packages.

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