Boost C++ Libraries: Ticket #2641: spaces instead of tabs in Makefile; DOS line endings in Unix shell scripts

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Vladimir Prus — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:23:24 GMT

status new → closed
resolution → invalid

The 7-zip package is meant for Windows users and therefore uses Windows line endings. The Makefile in my SVN copy has tab characters, so I suspect you've converted that to space characters while doing your fix.

I suggest you download the tar.bz2 package. In any case, I am not responsible for Makefile.

status changed; resolution deleted

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:55:57 GMT

status closed → reopened
resolution invalid

7-zip exists on Unix, too (as my experience today attests), so can you label the .7z file somehow so it indicates it's meant for Windows? Either in the filename or on the download page, just some indication.

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Vladimir Prus — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:30:21 GMT

owner changed from Vladimir Prus to René Rivera
status reopened → new

I don't think SF release system allows to mark a package as Windows-only source, so altering a name is the only option. Rene?

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René Rivera — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:00:54 GMT

owner changed from René Rivera to Beman Dawes

SF doesn't have options for tagging source code as anything but portable. So the only choice I see is to tag the release packages with an appropriate name that identifies the kind of EOLs in the source:

boost_1_38_0_crlf.zip
boost_1_38_0_crlf.7z
boost_1_38_0_lf.tar.gz
boost_1_38_0_lf.tar.bz2

And we may want to consider adding archives for some other common options:

boost_1_38_0_lf.7z (for Unix with 7zp)
boost_1_38_0_crlf.tar.bz2 (for Cygwin users with CRLF installs)

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Daniel James — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:07:25 GMT

status new → closed
resolution → fixed

I'm marking this particular bug as fixed - as it is. There's already bug about documenting the line endings, #2177. #2790 is also relevant.