Bug#653817: FTBFS with Boost 1.48: error: 'init' is not a member of 'traits {aka boost::math::detail::fp_traits_native<float>}'

[Steve M. Robbins]

Source: yade
Version: 0.70.0
Severity: normal

Package fails to build with Boost 1.48:

In file included from debian/build/include/boost/math/nonfinite_num_facets.hpp:15:0,
                 from debian/build/include/yade/lib/serialization/ObjectIO.hpp:13,
                 from /tmp/buildd/yade-0.70.0/core/FileGenerator.cpp:11,
                 from debian/build/core/core.cpp:8:
debian/build/include/boost/math/signbit.hpp: In function 'T boost::math::detail::copysign_impl(T, T) [with T = float]':
debian/build/include/boost/math/signbit.hpp:54:37:   instantiated from here
debian/build/include/boost/math/signbit.hpp:37:9: error: 'init' is not a member of 'traits {aka boost::math::detail::fp_traits_native<float>}'
debian/build/include/boost/math/signbit.hpp:39:45: error: no type named 'bits' in 'traits {aka struct boost::math::detail::fp_traits_native<float>}'
debian/build/include/boost/math/signbit.hpp:40:9: error: 'get_bits' is not a member of 'traits {aka boost::math::detail::fp_traits_native<float>}'
debian/build/include/boost/math/signbit.hpp:39:45: error: no type named 'bits' in 'traits {aka struct boost::math::detail::fp_traits_native<float>}'
debian/build/include/boost/math/signbit.hpp:41:9: error: 'sign' is not a member of 'traits {aka boost::math::detail::fp_traits_native<float>}'
debian/build/include/boost/math/signbit.hpp:39:45: error: no type named 'bits' in 'traits {aka struct boost::math::detail::fp_traits_native<float>}'
debian/build/include/boost/math/signbit.hpp:43:45: error: no type named 'bits' in 'traits {aka struct boost::math::detail::fp_traits_native<float>}'
debian/build/include/boost/math/signbit.hpp:44:9: error: 'get_bits' is not a member of 'traits {aka boost::math::detail::fp_traits_native<float>}'


The root cause is that upstream has a private, modified copy of boost/math/nonfinite_num_facets.hpp.  This will
need to be updated.



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