libboost1.3?-dev should include dev tools
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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boost-build (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
boost1.35 (Debian) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
boost1.37 (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
boost1.38 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Part of Boost are a couple of tools (eg boostbook and quickbook, for producing documentation).
Neither of them can currently be found in any of Ubuntu's Boost-related packages. Following current practice, they should probably go to libboost1.3?-dev.
The attached patches roughly follow information on how to compile both from source on Ubuntu and Debian as found on Boost's website:
http://
and some advice concerning how to configure the boost build system to acknowledge the present of those tools:
http://
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(Description rewritten on 2009-06-03)
Changed in boost1.35: | |
status: | New → Invalid |
summary: |
- [needs-packaging] quickbook (boost) + libboost1.3?-dev should include dev tools |
tags: | removed: needs-packaging |
description: | updated |
Changed in boost-build (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Invalid |
The attached (quite straightforward) patch (against the debian subdir of the source package) adds the boostbook, quickbook, inspect and regression tools to libboost1.35-dev, as this is also the package the bcp tool is already part of. Note that boostbook has a couple of runtime dependencies (->Recommends) and Suggestions added to the control file.
Also note that in order to work with a Boost Build system, you'd need to configure your user-config.jam. This is not done by the package, and has not been done for any other tool up to now, but it might be worth considering for future updates.
Finally, note that no further documentation has to be installed, as it's already present in libboost1.35-doc.