There is a patch in the debian sources to work with gcc 4.3, but the debian/Notes file indicates it is incomplete. And of course, 4.3 is not 4.4.
But let's say boost did compile perfectly with 4.4. The changes you'd have to make: You'd have to change the Build-Depends, the rules file, and and all the installed libraries have 'gcc42' in their name, so you'd have to adjust all the .install files.
I looked into boost. It has serious issues compiling with even gcc 4.3. These are the upstream bugs about it: http:// svn.boost. org/trac/ boost/query? status= new&status= assigned& status= reopened& summary= ~4.3&order= priority
There is a patch in the debian sources to work with gcc 4.3, but the debian/Notes file indicates it is incomplete. And of course, 4.3 is not 4.4.
But let's say boost did compile perfectly with 4.4. The changes you'd have to make: You'd have to change the Build-Depends, the rules file, and and all the installed libraries have 'gcc42' in their name, so you'd have to adjust all the .install files.