[cctbxbb] Boost Python 1.56

[Marcin Wojdyr]

FWIW the latest version of Boost is 1.60.
CCP4 6.5 was using cctbx compiled with Boost 1.56
and CCP4 7.0 uses Boost 1.58.

Marcin

On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 2:17 PM, Nicholas Sauter <nksauter at lbl.gov> wrote:
> Nigel, Billy & Aaron,
>
> I completely endorse this move to Boost 1.56.  Can we update our build?
>
> Nick
>
> Nicholas K. Sauter, Ph. D.
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> On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 2:41 PM, Luc Bourhis <luc_j_bourhis at mac.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have improvements to the smtbx on their way to be committed which
>> require Boost version 1.56. This is related to Boost.Threads, whose support
>> I re-activated a few months ago on Nick’s request. I need the function
>> boost::thread::physical_concurrency which returns the number of physical
>> cores on the machine, as opposed to virtual cores when hyperthreading is
>> enabled (which it is by default on any Intel machine). That function is not
>> available in Boost 1.55 which is the version currently used in the nightly
>> tests: it appeared in 1.56.
>>
>> So, would it be possible to move to Boost 1.56? Otherwise, I will need to
>> backport that function. Not too difficult but not thrilling.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Luc
>>
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