On Monday, March 9, 2026 11:13:09 a.m. Central Daylight Time Sebastian Ramacher wrote: > Control: tags -1 moreinfo > > Hi Steve > > On 2026-03-09 08:43:22 -0500, Steve M. Robbins wrote: > > Package: release.debian.org > > Severity: normal > > X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected] > > Control: affects -1 + src:vtk9 > > User: [email protected] > > Usertags: binnmu > > > > nmu vtk9_9.5.2+dfsg4-1 . ANY . unstable . -m "Rebuild to capture updated > > Boost library default version. At build time, vtk captures the version > > of Boost libraries used in its build and generates a cmake file used in > > downstream builds that looks for that precise version of boost. The > > boost defaults have recently changed - which makes downstream builds fail > > (e.g. ITK, Elastix, ANTS). A re-built VTK will pick up the latest boost > > default." > > I am unable to find these boost dependencies in the -dev packages of > vtk9.
You're right. In fact, I don't even see build-depends on boost packages. That seems strange to me. I've cc'd the active maintainers: should there be a build-depends on boost packages? -Steve > If there is such a tight requirement on the installed boost > version, why doesn't it have dependencies on the boost version it was > built with?
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