Bug#985661: libboost1.71-dev: libboost-dev miss pkg-config .pc file

2021-03-21 Thread Valerio
Package: libboost1.71-dev Version: 1.71.0-6~bpo10+1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** * What led up to the situation? install the libboost-dev package * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or

Bug#985661: libboost1.71-dev: libboost-dev miss pkg-config .pc file

2021-03-21 Thread Valerio Messina
my current use case is: 1) I need to check for libboost-dev >= 1.71 pkg-config is good in this 2) libboost 1.7x seems require libpthread so I expect boost.pc will report it as dependancy or, as pthread is a virtual package, at least the link option -lpthread is listed -- Valerio

Bug#985661: libboost1.71-dev: libboost-dev miss pkg-config .pc file

2021-03-21 Thread Valerio Messina
I saw was already requested in 2004: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=248674 but that bug seems dead. At that time, pkg-config was not so common, today is another story -- Valerio