Binary compatibility of boost releases. Is there such a thing at all?
Hi folks! I am working on boost port for FreeBSD. At present I am investigating into versioning of shared libraries. Historically, versions of boost shared libraries on FreeBSD do not match boost release version. Some FreeBSD folks beleive that application should not be recompiled just because the boost was updated, say from 1.37 to 1.39 and that shared library version for 1.39 may stay the same as it was for 1.37. I'm afraid it's not correct. I've read that there is no binary compatibility for boost shared libraries from different releases, and that application must use exactly the same library it was compiled for. However, these documents are of 2003-2004. Here is the question: What is the actual status of binary compatibility for boost? Alexander Churanov, maintainer of devel/boost
Alexander Churanov wrote:
Hi folks!
I am working on boost port for FreeBSD. At present I am investigating into versioning of shared libraries. Historically, versions of boost shared libraries on FreeBSD do not match boost release version. Some FreeBSD folks beleive that application should not be recompiled just because the boost was updated, say from 1.37 to 1.39 and that shared library version for 1.39 may stay the same as it was for 1.37. I'm afraid it's not correct.
I've read that there is no binary compatibility for boost shared libraries from different releases, and that application must use exactly the same library it was compiled for. However, these documents are of 2003-2004. Here is the question:
What is the actual status of binary compatibility for boost?
There's no binary compatibility guarantees at all, I am afraid. - Volodya
AMDG Alexander Churanov wrote:
I am working on boost port for FreeBSD. At present I am investigating into versioning of shared libraries. Historically, versions of boost shared libraries on FreeBSD do not match boost release version. Some FreeBSD folks beleive that application should not be recompiled just because the boost was updated, say from 1.37 to 1.39 and that shared library version for 1.39 may stay the same as it was for 1.37. I'm afraid it's not correct.
I've read that there is no binary compatibility for boost shared libraries from different releases, and that application must use exactly the same library it was compiled for. However, these documents are of 2003-2004. Here is the question:
What is the actual status of binary compatibility for boost?
It may happen to work in some cases, but there are no guarantees. In Christ, Steven Watanabe
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