Re: [HTCondor-users] HTCondor 8.8.4 and boost169-python2

[Bert DeKnuydt <Bert.Deknuydt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2019/07/18 00:29, Tim Theisen wrote:
> Sorry about the surprise. To get the python 3 bindings into the stable
> release, we needed to use a newer version of boost. The quickest way to
> do that leverages boost169 from EPEL. It was not possible to involve 2
> different boost versions in a single build. So to use python2-condor or
> python3-condor, you have the run-time dependency on boost169-python2 or
> boost169-python3. I tried linking the boost libraries statically to
> avoid this dependency. However, one cannot link the static boost
> libraries into the dynamic python htcondor and classad libraries.
>
> On RHEL7 and derivatives, boost169-python2 or boost169-python3 are
> required to use the HTCondor python bindings.

It does have quite some repercussions as the EL rpms are no longer
installable in Fedora (except by trickery, and even
then, the python bindings are halfway broken).

So it would be nice if the packages provided for Fedora (currently
stuck at 8.6.11) could be updated.  Straightforward rebuilding of
the source rpm does not work though...

Greetings, B.