FS#65796 - [boost] - doesn't ship .jam-files

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by John Eivind Helset (jehelset) - Wednesday, 11 March 2020, 21:42 GMT
Last edited by Antonio Rojas (arojas) - Tuesday, 08 June 2021, 07:22 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Levente Polyak (anthraxx)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 4
Private No

Details

Description:

The extras/boost-package provides the b2 (bjam) binary, but does not contain the .jam files which you need to use the tool. There is an alternative package in AUR (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/boost-build/) that provides the .jam-files, but excludes the binaries.

I think either the extras/boost-package should provide _both_ b2 and the corresponding .jam-files, or it should not provide b2 at all (not needed to use the libraries), and b2 should be provided as a separate standalone package (in AUR or wherever).

Additional info:
* package version(s): 1.72 f.ex.
* config and/or log files etc: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/boost-libs/
* link to upstream bug report, if any

Steps to reproduce:

Install extras/boost, list files of package.
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Closed by  Antonio Rojas (arojas)
Tuesday, 08 June 2021, 07:22 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  boost 1.75.0-4
Comment by Silver Zachara (silver) - Friday, 13 March 2020, 16:04 GMT
I can confirm this, extra/boost package contains b2 and bjam, but doesn't contain other files, on which b2 depends ( .jam files ), so extra/boost package contains only some part of Boost.Build system.

I think we can consider this package as partially corrupted.

I don't exactly know how to split this package, but I think that extra/boost-libs is fine.

But extra/boost and aur/boost-build aren't fine and the problem is how b2 / bjam and jam scripts are split across these packages.

Maybe I'm missings something and this has some cause.
Comment by Felix Yan (felixonmars) - Saturday, 10 April 2021, 00:27 GMT
This is currently blocking upgrades of libtorrent-rasterbar, as its upstream switched to b2 only [1].

[1] https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/issues/5909#issuecomment-767282734
Comment by loqs (loqs) - Saturday, 10 April 2021, 03:59 GMT
The attached PKGBUILD.diff adds the jam files to boost.
   PKGBUILD.diff (2.2 KiB)
   boost-1.75.0-boost-build-fix.... (0.9 KiB)

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