On Dec 5, 2013 10:28 PM, "Herbert Duerr" <h...@apache.org> wrote: > > Hi Kay, > > Kay Schenk wrote: > > OK, here's a related 'boost" question. I have installed boost 1.54, but > > it's for my distro and not totally complete, so I will install the rest of > > the "config/test" items today and verify installation. > > > > I am using --with-system-boost > > Ah, I didn't know that you were using --with-system-boost and that > version being 1.54. This is an interesting detail that I hadn't seen in > your earlier mails. It could explain most of the trouble you are > experiencing. Do things work better with the internal version?
short story -- I couldn't get things to work with 1.49, so I decided to try 1.54. Errors, but different. At first I WAS using 1.49. > > > Is it OK to use this newer version because I'm getting errors [...] > > The 1.54 boost version you are using is much newer than the AOO internal > version, which is version still at 1.48. We should upgrade our codebase > to work with the newer version and update the internal boost then. This > could solve many compile warnings that are spewed out for 1.48 and fix > some hard problems like the one with the Solaris compilers. > > But as you saw such support for newer boost versions is more than just a > recompile. Making AOO build with newer boost versions may be an > interesting topic for a volunteer. One could leverage the experience of > the very popular boost library to dive into many corners of the AOO > codebase. I'm not sure what some of this statement really means... but definitely a worthwhile project for a volunteer! > > Herbert > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >
