[MacPorts] #21789: Mapnik dependencies

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#21789: Mapnik dependencies
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 Reporter:  distributed@…            |       Owner:  dbsgeo@…        
     Type:  enhancement              |      Status:  new             
 Priority:  Normal                   |   Milestone:                  
Component:  ports                    |     Version:  1.8.1           
 Keywords:                           |        Port:  py26-mapnik     
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Comment(by dbsgeo@…):

 Yes, this is a known issue, and is due to the lacking support in macports
 for specifying variants.

 Ideally the boost port would be broken out into one port per boost
 library, so that a port like 'py26-boost' or 'libboost-python' could be
 selected. This would also make it much easier to rollback and re-install
 when the chronic problem of #21444 occurs (without having to wait for the
 whole boost port to re-compile, just to try to properly link
 libboost_python).

 As far as your idea of trying to warn the user that their py26-mapnik
 build will fail, that would definitely be a step forward but does not
 address the main issue.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/21789#comment:2>
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