[pkg-boost-devel] Bug#550699: libboost-python1.40-dev: Bad python version dependency

[Christian Marillat]

"Steve M. Robbins" <steve at sumost.ca> writes:

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> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:22:01PM +0200, Christian Marillat wrote:

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> 	python (<< 2.6), 
> 	python (>= 2.4), 
> 	python-support (>= 0.90.0), 
> 	python (>= 2.5) | python-celementtree | python-elementtree, 
> 	gccxml
>
>
>> python (>= 2.5) should be replaced by python (>= 2.4)
>
> I believe the extra "python (>= 2.5)" you are talking about is
> actually part of
>
> 	python (>= 2.5) | python-celementtree | python-elementtree
>
> Boost.Python depends on elementtree, and there are three ways to get
> it: use python 2.5, or use one of the other two packages mentioned.

This package depends on the following python version :

python (>= 2.4)
python (>= 2.5)
python (<< 2.6)

Then which minimal python version is necessary 2.4 or 2.5 ?

Christian