[pkg-boost-devel] Bug#553281: libboost1.40-dev: Boost.MultiIndex depends on Boost.Serialization

[Leandro Lucarella]

Package: libboost1.40-dev
Version: 1.40.0-2
Severity: important


There is a problem with some boost internal dependencies. Now
Boost.MultiIndex (included in libboost1.40-dev) depends on headers from
Boost.Serialization (included in libboost-serialization1.40-dev), making
a little weird because you have to install libboost-serialization1.40-dev
manually (no automatic dependencies) to actually use something present in
libboost1.40-dev.

I reported the bug upstream[1], but until it get fixed, maybe Debian can
force libboost1.40-dev to depend on libboost-serialization1.40-dev. Or
maybe that would add a circular dependency, in which case maybe the
Boost.MultiIndex library can be moved to another package and make that new
package depend on both libboost1.40-dev and
libboost-serialization1.40-dev.


[1] https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3580

Thanks!

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Versions of packages libboost1.40-dev depends on:
ii  libboost-python1.40-dev       1.40.0-2   Boost.Python Library development f
ii  libc6                         2.10.1-1   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcc1                       1:4.4.2-1  GCC support library
ii  libicu42                      4.2.1-3    International Components for Unico
ii  libstdc++6                    4.4.2-1    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libstdc++6-4.1-dev [libstdc++ 4.1.2-27   The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (d
ii  libstdc++6-4.2-dev [libstdc++ 4.2.4-6    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (d
ii  libstdc++6-4.3-dev [libstdc++ 4.3.4-5    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (d

libboost1.40-dev recommends no packages.

Versions of packages libboost1.40-dev suggests:
ii  default-jdk                1.6-33        Standard Java or Java compatible D
ii  docbook-xml                4.5-7         standard XML documentation system 
ii  docbook-xsl                1.75.2+dfsg-2 stylesheets for processing DocBook
ii  doxygen                    1.6.1-1       Documentation system for C, C++, J
ii  fop                        1:0.95.dfsg-5 XML to PDF Translator
pn  libboost-date-time1.40-dev <none>        (no description available)
pn  libboost-filesystem1.40-de <none>        (no description available)
pn  libboost-graph-parallel1.4 <none>        (no description available)
pn  libboost-graph1.40-dev     <none>        (no description available)
pn  libboost-iostreams1.40-dev <none>        (no description available)
pn  libboost-math1.40-dev      <none>        (no description available)
pn  libboost-mpi1.40-dev       <none>        (no description available)
ii  libboost-program-options1. 1.40.0-2      program options library for C++
pn  libboost-regex1.40-dev     <none>        (no description available)
pn  libboost-serialization1.40 <none>        (no description available)
ii  libboost-signals1.40-dev   1.40.0-2      managed signals and slots library 
pn  libboost-system1.40-dev    <none>        (no description available)
ii  libboost-test1.40-dev      1.40.0-2      components for writing and executi
pn  libboost-thread1.40-dev    <none>        (no description available)
pn  libboost-wave1.40-dev      <none>        (no description available)
ii  libboost1.40-doc           1.40.0-2      Boost.org libraries documentation
ii  xsltproc                   1.1.26-1      XSLT command line processor

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