Bug#1130578: libvtk9-dev: boost dependency is too strict

Adrian Bunk bunk at debian.org
Fri Mar 13 10:27:00 GMT 2026


Package: libvtk9-dev
Version: 9.5.2+dfsg4-2
Severity: serious
X-Debbugs-Cc: Anton Gladky <gladk at debian.org>

Package: libvtk9-dev
Version: 9.5.2+dfsg4-2
Architecture: amd64
Depends: default-jdk, default-libmysqlclient-dev, libboost-dev (= 1.90.0.1),...

This is bad, since it would unnecessarily break with every
upload or binNMU of boost-defaults.

Generating a dependency on the versioned libboost*-dev
(currently libboost1.90-dev) should do the right thing
of enforcing the correct boost version on rdeps.



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