Bug#894159: ICU transition: ICU version is part of the boost ABI

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org>]

Control: reassign 898465 src:icu 60.1-1
Control: retitle 898369 boost: ICU version used is part of the ABI
Control: retitle 898465 ICU must not migrate to testing before the boost ABI breakage is resolved
Control: affects 898369 libmapnik3.0 viking
Control: block 898465 by 898369
Control: block 894159 by 898369 898465

On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 06:06:08PM -0300, Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo wrote:
> Source: boost1.62
> Version: 1.62.0+dfsg-5+b2
> Severity: serious
> 
> After upgrading boost1.62 to 1.62.0+dfsg-5+b2, ncmpcpp does not start
> anymore.
> 
> $ ncmpcpp
> ncmpcpp: symbol lookup error: ncmpcpp: undefined symbol: _ZNK5boost16re_detail_10620031icu_regex_traits_implementation12do_transformEPKiS3_PKN6icu_578CollatorE
>...

boost::re_detail_106200::icu_regex_traits_implementation::do_transform(int const*, int const*, icu_57::Collator const*) const

Yes, boost makes the ICU version it uses part of its ABI.

There is no obvious good way forward, the RC bug in ICU will ensure that 
the breakage won't migrate to testing before this got sorted out.

cu
Adrian

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