[Nix-dev] kde 4.7/4.8 breaks as boost150 is default

[Joachim Schiele]

i have now compiled kde 4.7 with boost 147

   nixpkgs.config.packageOverrides = pkgs : rec {
     boost = pkgs.boost147;
   };

and it gives no more BOOST_JOIN errors

On 09/24/2012 12:18 AM, Joachim Schiele wrote:
> dear nixers,
>
> i just wanted to experiment with nixos-rebuild switch but it usually
> breaks when compiling:
>
> ========== kde 4.7 ==========
> rocs-4.7.4 using boost 1.50 ->  http://hydra.nixos.org/build/3000740/log/raw
>
> ========= kde 4.8 ==========
> and for kde 4.8 i have this issue:
> kde-workspace-4.8.4 ->
>
> nix/store/yhxiskfanj72kdhwyrhbf964hm79xc41-boost-1.51.0/include/boost/type_traits/detail/has_binary_operator.hp:50:
> Parse error at "BOOST_JOIN"
>
> ====
>
> someone at kde-devel mentioned that kde 4.7 should work when using boost
> 47 or 49 instead of 50 as we are doing right now
>
> my questions are now:
> - will someone fix this? i try compiling the 4.7 expressions using a
> global boost setting in /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
>
>     nixpkgs.config.packageOverrides = pkgs : rec {
>       boost = pkgs.boost147;
>     };
>
> - if i wanted to override the kde4 with kde48 (instead of kde47 which is
> the default right now) i use this:
>
>     nixpkgs.config.packageOverrides = pkgs : rec {
>       kde4 = pkgs.kde48;
>     };
>
> how could i force the kde48 expressions to use boost147 and leave the
> system default at 150?
>
> best wishes,
> joachim schiele
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