Problem with Boost 1.54 and a non reachable ticket

[albert-github]

In the code we see in Point_set_processing_3/include/CGAL/mst_orient_normals.h (output: Point_set_processing_3/group___pkg_point_set_processing3_algorithms.html):

   \warning This function may fail when Boost version 1.54 is used,
   because of the following bug: https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/9012

though https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/9012 is not reachable

• is this warning still valid?
• when valid what is the correct reference?

[lrineau]

What is more, Boost 1.54 is no longer supported by CGAL (but only versions >= 1.66 as of CGAL-5.6) . That warning should be removed entirely.

[albert-github]

I've just pushed a proposed patch, pull request #7777

[albert-github]

Note in the code of Point_set_processing_3/include/CGAL/mst_orient_normals.h we also see:

#include <CGAL/boost/graph/dijkstra_shortest_paths.h> // work around a
                                                      // bug in boost
                                                      // 1.54

the question here is what to do with this / what can also be removed (I cannot do this as I cannot compile CGAL / test it).