From doko at debian.org Fri Feb 6 15:01:17 2026 From: doko at debian.org (Matthias Klose) Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2026 15:01:17 +0000 Subject: [Rsbackup-maint] Bug#1127275: rsbackup: libboost-system-dev package is obsolete with boost 1.89 and newer Message-ID: Package: src:rsbackup Version: 10.0-4 Severity: important Tags: sid forky User: debian-devel at lists.debian.org Usertags: boost1.90 This package either build-depends on libboost-system-dev or depends on it. The boost system library was removed upstream in 1.89, and is empty since 1.69. If this library is referenced in the build system, the library can just be removed from the build system, and the package should continue to build for any boost version newer than 1.69, including boost1.83 in Debian. There is no need to wait until boost 1.90 becomes the default, the issue can be addressed in unstable. Issues to check: - Remove libboost-system-dev in Depends and Build-Depends. - Adjust autopkg tests and test dependencies if needed. - Scan the build system if the library is used, and remove it from the build system. https://www.boost.org/releases/1.89.0/ has a short paragraph how to do that for cmake. boost1.90 is now available in unstable, and a boost-defaults defaulting to 1.90 is available in experimental. Please also check that the package builds with boost 1.90.