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

[Steven Robbins]

On Monday, March 9, 2026 12:44:12 p.m. Central Daylight Time Anton Gladky 
wrote:
> 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.

Sounds good.  Cancelling the nmu request.
-Steve

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

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