[DRE-maint] Boost library

[Adam C Powell IV]

On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 10:30 -0500, Adam C Powell IV wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 16:07 +0200, Kalle Kivimaa wrote:
> > Adam C Powell IV <hazelsct at debian.org> writes:
> > > Do you need me to remove the contrib/boost/include directory from the
> > > deal.II upstream .tar.gz?  I can probably make it work with the headers
> > > from libboost-dev, with or without contrib/boost in the source tarball.
> > 
> > You don't need to strip the boost from the upstream tar.gz as long as
> > those files are never used in the build process.
> 
> Okay, it should be easy to make it work that way.
> 
> > I'd much rather have
> > the package use the headers from libboost-dev, and I think the
> > security team would agree with me here.
> 
> Good point, I hadn't thought of the security implications at all.
> 
> > > I just uploaded -3 with proper copyright attribution for the deal.II
> > > contrib/boost directory.  (Sorry, forgot about this message while
> > > building and uploading it, I would have awaited your answer...)
> > 
> > OK, I'll hold that too, until we resolve this to everybody's
> > satisfaction.
> 
> Thanks.  Let me know when to build and upload -4 using only libboost-dev
> headers.  And if you could review the new copyright file, that would
> help too, though I understand if you don't have time just now.

Just uploaded -4, with full copyright and no reference to the local copy
of boost during the build.

Cheers,
-Adam
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