[Bug 673839] Review Request: boost141 - The free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries

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--- Comment #5 from Robert Scheck <redhat-bugzilla at linuxnetz.de> 2011-01-30 19:32:01 EST ---
(In reply to comment #4)
> Yes, Boost had some interface changes and many of which are not backward
> compatible.

http://www.redhat.com/rhel/server/features/benefits.html with its section
"System API / ABI Compatibility and Stability" applies here...

> Upgrade the existing package to a new version is the better way (instead of
> creating a new one), and should not affect existing packages.
> 
> I see no need for this. Just ask him to update.

At first, he's on Cc: on this bug report now. Further more, RHEL updates do
not happen that easily - did you ever ask Red Hat for a rebase that is likely
to break API and/or ABI compatibility? For me, it looks like, you didn't...

At second, RHEL 5 ships boost-1.33.1-10.el5, if I'm not mistaken. If you read
http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/gitweb/?p=boost.git;a=blob;f=boost.spec and the
changelog, you'll see that the SONAME was bumped multiple times in the past
to reflect the ABI changes. You know what ABI means? It will affect existing
packages - at least that is the very short form of this.

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