Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 11:24:35 +0200 (CEST) From: Fernando Herrero Carrón <fhcarron@terra.es> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/123927: Boost and boost-python ports naming generates confusion Message-ID: <200805230924.m4N9OZJ0036164@nebet.ii.uam.es> Resent-Message-ID: <200805230940.m4N9e19O017786@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 123927
>Category: ports
>Synopsis: Boost and boost-python ports naming generates confusion
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Fri May 23 09:40:01 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Fernando Herrero Carrón
>Release: FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD nebet.******* 7.0-STABLE FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE #11: Wed May 7 16:01:04 CEST 2008 root@nebet.********:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/NEBET i386
>Description:
In the ports collection there are two ports for the Boost C++
libraries: devel/boost and devel/boost-python. The former is the boost
collection without python bindings and the latter is just the same
collection with python bindings enabled, i.e., it is a superset of the
former.
There are several other ports that depend either on boost, or
boost-python which conflict when trying to install both. For instance,
I have boost-python installed for personal use. Furthermore, I have
'*boost*' => 'WITH_PYTHON=yes',
in my pkgtools.conf file. Now I am trying to install "gnash", which
has plain "boost" as a dependency, but portupgrade tries to install
"boost-python" again given my personal configuration. Of course it
fails because "boost-python" is already installed, but only after
having compiled the whole port. The final port fails:
---> Skipping 'graphics/gnash' because a requisite port 'devel/boost'
failed (specify -k to force)
** Listing the failed packages (-:ignored / *:skipped / !:failed)
! devel/boost (interrupted by user)
>How-To-Repeat:
Install devel/boost or devel/boost-python and try to install any port
that depends on the other one (gnash depends on boost and luabind
depends on boost-python, for instance). The last port will fail.
>Fix:
There are two possible fixes: either install boost with python
bindings always enabled, or make two disjoint ports, devel/boost with
the common functionality and devel/boost-python with only the python
bindings, depending on devel/boost.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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