Re: [boost] C++03 / C++11 compatibility question for compiled libraries

Subject: Re: [boost] C++03 / C++11 compatibility question for compiled libraries
From: Raffi Enficiaud (raffi.enficiaud_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-02-12 09:17:26

Le 12.02.18 à 10:14, Olaf van der Spek via Boost a écrit :
> On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 9:45 AM, Raffi Enficiaud via Boost
> <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> * enforcing the use of the same language variant for the compilation of
>> a library and all its dependencies. I believe this is what is done in
>> the Debian community (please correct me if needed)
> 
> Is it?
> If I as a user build my app, I can pick the language variant I want.
> And AFAIK there's only one variant of the .so available:
> 
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root       34 Nov 12  2016
> libboost_program_options.so -> libboost_program_options.so.1.62.0
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root   520672 Nov 12  2016 libboost_program_options.so.1.62.0

I was referring to the Debian provided packages, obviously not the ones
compiled by someone or in a PPA. But I do not have any reference that
clearly states this, maybe this is part of the debian package tools.