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Old 04-20-2019, 10:00 PM   #1
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what if I blacklist boost-1.70.0 before an update on current?


boost-1.70.0 is causing issues with certain after market installs of apps.

I reinstalled slack current off and older current dvd iso using boost-1.69 so I could get back what I lost. If I was to try and blacklist boost so does not update. Would that potentiality mess up other apps within current keeping boost at 1.69?

for example this is using boost 1.7
Code:
Fri Apr 12 22:13:09 UTC 2019
a/gawk-5.0.0-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
ap/pamixer-1.4-i586-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against boost-1.70.0.
With this install I got back qbittorrent, but iTunes does not fully work.

I am not in a the mood to pull a trial and error to find out at the moment.

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Old 04-20-2019, 11:16 PM   #2
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bIf I was to try and blacklist boost so does not update. Would that potentiality mess up other apps within current keeping boost at 1.69?
Yes, it would mess up all packages that have already been recompiled against the boost 1.70 release.
The smart thing to do would be to "installpkg" this new release of boost, so that the older library stays on your system, but the new one will be there too (and is the default one).
Then those applications that still use the older one can find it, but all recompiled ones can find the updated library too.
When finally all of the programs have been recompiled you don't need the older library anymore so you can then "removepkg" that old release of boost.
 
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Old 04-21-2019, 05:57 AM   #3
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I use AlienBOB's boost-compat package. That way third-party packages continue to work even if boost is updated on -current.
http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slac.../boost-compat/

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Old 04-21-2019, 01:04 PM   #4
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Yes, it would mess up all packages that have already been recompiled against the boost 1.70 release.
The smart thing to do would be to "installpkg" this new release of boost, so that the older library stays on your system, but the new one will be there too (and is the default one).
Then those applications that still use the older one can find it, but all recompiled ones can find the updated library too.
When finally all of the programs have been recompiled you don't need the older library anymore so you can then "removepkg" that old release of boost.
thanks, good lead in for the post after yours. !!
 
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I use AlienBOB's boost-compat package. That way third-party packages continue to work even if boost is updated on -current.
http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slac.../boost-compat/
so install this
boost-compat-1.70-x86_64-1alien.txz

and hold back the upgraded boost 1.7 and keep 1.69 installed?

what is your method of operation on this?

if I just add the word boost in the blacklist then anything matching it will not be added whenever upgrading, yes?

that maybe a redundant question, but i am asking it anyways.

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Old 04-21-2019, 01:10 PM   #6
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BW-userx You can have more than one boost. You just point the application to that boost. Been a while.
but I did that when I ran across so programs that ran on older boost versions. so I renamed it to boost-1.4.9 and had the apps look for that.
Boost is a real pain. Been dealing with this issue for 9 years now on another huge program. slowly moving parts of it away.
usr/lib/boost-1.4.9
/usr/include/boost-1.4.9
one more thing you may want to build boost static and then at linking time it uses the .a not the dot.so.
make sure your .a is executable.

removed my .so on my static builds and thats how the project goes links static.
now no more version issue.

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Old 04-21-2019, 01:28 PM   #7
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BW-userx You can have more than one boost. You just point the application to that boost. Been a while.
but I did that when I ran across so programs that ran on older boost versions. so I renamed it to boost-1.4.9 and had the apps look for that.
Boost is a real pain. Been dealing with this issue for 9 years now on another huge program. slowly moving parts of it away.
usr/lib/boost-1.4.9
/usr/include/boost-1.4.9
one more thing you may want to build boost static and then at linking time it uses the .a not the dot.so.
make sure your .a is executable.

removed my .so on my static builds and thats how the project goes links static.
now no more version issue.
sounds like fun tweaking.

I installed that alien bob boost, blacklisted 'boost' am running upgrade, I didn't see anything with the word boost in it to be installed.

so after this I think it got a peck and hunt to see whats what, as for me qbittorrent is the only thing I noticed that failed due to the boost update, and look into what you just mentioned. thanks for your insight.

this whole issue I am having looks to be fixed.
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...99#post5987099
post #1806 a patch for libtorrent-rasterbar has been pushed on ponce sight.

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Old 04-21-2019, 04:59 PM   #8
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so install this
boost-compat-1.70-x86_64-1alien.txz
and hold back the upgraded boost 1.7 and keep 1.69 installed?
what is your method of operation on this?
No, I don't blacklist boost. AlienBob's LibreOffice 6.1.4, for example, is dependent on an older version of boost so I needed the boost-compat package.

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Old 04-21-2019, 05:27 PM   #9
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No, I don't blacklist boost. AlienBob's LibreOffice 6.1.4, for example, is dependent on an older version of boost so I needed the boost-compact package.
I got that torrent package qbittorrent needs fixed and boot I just went ahead and let it replace the 1.69 and still got bobs boost mini pac or whatever he called it installed. I was just sitting here thinking about removing it to see what that does, as I have to rebuild ffmpeg4 and mpv some of the video players do not work. never noticed before, because never used others because I been using mpv.

gmplayer, xine isn't working. I am not going to loose sleep over it , It is just something I noticed.

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