[Pdns-dev] pdns git head fail to build with boost 1.52

[Delta Yeh]

If there is doc on how to build pdns with static boost, every thing
should be OK.

2013/1/11 bert hubert <bert.hubert at netherlabs.nl>:
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 07:58:07PM +0100, a b wrote:
>> In my experience, Boost is one of the biggest obstacles in getting pdns to build.
>> With that in mind, I propose to completely disengage pdns from any and all Boost libraries in order to remove it as a dependency.
>
> Hi 'a b',
>
> While I agree that on some platforms boost causes problems, the majority of
> PowerDNS users run on platforms on which there is either no problem of
> compiling, or they use packaged versions of PowerDNS.
>
> Once Boost is installed we rarely see version specific issues. The issue
> this thread is about has little to do with boost 1.52 for example but more
> with finding the actual library.
>
> We rely on important parts of boost that we would not be able to maintain or
> reproduce ourself.
>
> Sorry.
>
>         Bert
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