Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #3580: Boost.MultiIndex depends on Boost.Serialization

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #3580: Boost.MultiIndex depends on Boost.Serialization
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-11-03 00:00:19

#3580: Boost.MultiIndex depends on Boost.Serialization
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  Reporter:  Leandro Lucarella <llucax@…>          |       Owner:  joaquin    
      Type:  Bugs                                  |      Status:  closed     
 Milestone:  Boost 1.41.0                          |   Component:  multi_index
   Version:  Boost 1.40.0                          |    Severity:  Problem    
Resolution:  wontfix                               |    Keywords:             
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Comment(by anonymous):

 Replying to [comment:3 joaquin]:
 > Replying to [comment:2 Leandro Lucarella <llucax@…>]:
 > > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480948

 > >
 > > Thanks, I missed that. Looking at the Debian changelog for the package
 I found that was "reverted" (the dependency was moved from "Depends" to
 "Recommends") to avoid a circular dependency problem. So the problem is
 still there unless you install recommended packages by default.
 > [[BR]]
 > I think this reveals a problem with the way libboost-serialization-dev
 > is packaged: Boost.Serialization consists of:
 > [[BR]][[BR]]
 > * Serialization headers (boost/serialization)[[BR]]
 > * Archive headers (boost/archive)[[BR]]
 > * Binaries to link against when using serialization[[BR]]
 > [[BR]]
 > All circular problems would be solved if the headers (or at least
 > the boost/serialization headers) were included in libboost-dev,
 > leaving the rest for libboost-serialization-dev proper.
 > [[BR]][[BR]]
 > I'm not familiar with the Debian community. Do you feel
 > in the mood for moving this there?

 I already reported a bug:
 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=553281


 The option of putting serialization headers inside the libboost-dev
 package was mentioned in the bug 524612 but it didn't progressed.

 I did a search for closed bugs and it seems like this is a very recurring
 bug report, I can count 7 duplicates just in the libboost-dev and
 libboost1.40-dev packages (I didn't even search in previous libboost1.xx-
 dev packages) :(

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