bug#32058: [PATCH] gnu: mysql: Fix build.

[Marius Bakke]

Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <address@hidden> writes:

> MySQL demands address@hidden, and lying about it no longer works:
>
> sql/item_geofunc_internal.cc: In function ‘void handle_gis_exception(const 
> char*)’:
> sql/item_geofunc_internal.cc:37:81: error: expected unqualified-id before ‘&’ 
> token
>    catch (const 
> boost::geometry::detail::self_get_turn_points::self_ip_exception &)
>                                                                               
>    ^
> [...]
>
> * gnu/packages/databases.scm (boost-for-mysql): New variable.
> (mysql)[inputs]: Use that instead of the regular boost.
> [arguments]: Remove now-unnecessary ‘patch-boost-version’ phase.

Ouch.  Boost is a *huge* library, but now that we no longer use the
MySQL package as the main MySQL library (e.g. for Qt), giving it a
different boost version seems reasonable to me.

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