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Bug 319217 - boost-build eselect module request
Summary: boost-build eselect module request
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Tiziano Müller (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2010-05-10 23:12 UTC by steffen stramm
Modified: 2012-06-16 07:53 UTC (History)
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Description steffen stramm 2010-05-10 23:12:02 UTC
bjam has no symlink, but only the versioned binary, like bjam-1_42.
if it is used somewhere there is no clean way to create an ebuild with bjam.

please create a boost-build eselect module, which manages the /usr/bin/bjam symlink, thanks!
Comment 1 Tiziano Müller (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2012-06-16 07:52:51 UTC
Ebuilds should not rely on boost or bjam symlinks but always use the latest supported version of boost-build or boost.

Look at dev-cpp/xsd for an example on how to properly depend on/use boost.
Comment 2 Tiziano Müller (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2012-06-16 07:53:47 UTC
additional explanation for this: otherwise the package manager will never be able to track correct slot dependencies (which gets important with the next EAPI release).