Bug#1130163: nmu: vtk9_9.5.2+dfsg4-1

[Anton Gladky]

Hi,

I have found the reason and prepared a fix.
vtk9 has not direct dependency on boost, but it is transitive.

I am uploading it with the explicit versioning. BinNMU can resolve
it but I want to have a reliable fix.

Regards

Anton

Am Mo., 9. März 2026 um 18:40 Uhr schrieb Steven Robbins <steve at sumost.ca>:
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> On Monday, March 9, 2026 11:13:09 a.m. Central Daylight Time Sebastian Ramacher wrote:
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> > Control: tags -1 moreinfo
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> > Hi Steve
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> > On 2026-03-09 08:43:22 -0500, Steve M. Robbins wrote:
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> > > Package: release.debian.org
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> > > Severity: normal
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> > > X-Debbugs-Cc: vtk9 at packages.debian.org
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> > > Control: affects -1 + src:vtk9
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> > > User: release.debian.org at packages.debian.org
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> > > Usertags: binnmu
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> > > nmu vtk9_9.5.2+dfsg4-1 . ANY . unstable . -m "Rebuild to capture updated
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> > > Boost library default version.  At build time, vtk captures the version
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> > > of Boost libraries used in its build and generates a cmake file used in
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> > > downstream builds that looks for that precise version of boost.  The
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> > > boost defaults have recently changed - which makes downstream builds fail
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> > > (e.g. ITK, Elastix, ANTS).  A re-built VTK will pick up the latest boost
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> > > default."
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> > I am unable to find these boost dependencies in the -dev packages of
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> > vtk9.
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> You're right.  In fact, I don't even see build-depends on boost packages.  That seems strange to me.  I've cc'd the active maintainers: should there be a build-depends on boost packages?
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> -Steve
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> > If there is such a tight requirement on the installed boost
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> > version, why doesn't it have dependencies on the boost version it was
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> > built with?
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