diff --git a/dev-libs/boost/boost-1.42.0.bep b/dev-libs/boost/boost-1.42.0.bep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48b89b176
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/boost/boost-1.42.0.bep
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+DESCRIPTION="boost" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.boost.org/" 
+SRC_URI="http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.42.0/boost_1_42_0.tar.bz2/download"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="7bf3b4eb841b62ffb0ade2b82218ebe6"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="broken"
+MESSAGE="This port only builds with gcc4. Use 'setgcc gcc4' before building."
+DEPEND=""
+BUILD {
+	cd boost_1_42_0
+	./bootstrap.sh --prefix=/boot/common
+	./bjam --prefix=/boot/common \
+	--libdir=/boot/common/lib \
+	--includedir=/boot/common/include \
+	variant=release \
+	link=shared \
+	threading=single \
+	runtime-link=shared
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd boost_1_42_0
+	./bjam install
+}
diff --git a/dev-libs/boost/patches/boost-1.42.0.patch b/dev-libs/boost/patches/boost-1.42.0.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8066356b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/boost/patches/boost-1.42.0.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+diff -Naur boost_1_42_0/boost/config/platform/haiku.hpp boost_1_42_0-haiku/boost/config/platform/haiku.hpp
+--- boost_1_42_0/boost/config/platform/haiku.hpp	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
++++ boost_1_42_0-haiku/boost/config/platform/haiku.hpp	2010-04-23 02:22:35.100925440 +0000
+@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
++//  (C) Copyright John Maddock 2001. 
++//  Use, modification and distribution are subject to the 
++//  Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file 
++//  LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
++
++//  See http://www.boost.org for most recent version.
++	
++//  Haiku specific config options:
++
++#define BOOST_PLATFORM "Haiku"
++
++#define BOOST_NO_INTRINSIC_WCHAR_T
++#define BOOST_HAS_UNISTD_H
++	
++#define BOOST_HAS_BETHREADS
++	
++#ifndef BOOST_DISABLE_THREADS
++#   define BOOST_HAS_THREADS
++#endif
++
++//
++// thread API's not auto detected:
++//
++#define BOOST_HAS_GETTIMEOFDAY
++
++// boilerplate code:
++#include <boost/config/posix_features.hpp>
+diff -Naur boost_1_42_0/boost/config/select_platform_config.hpp boost_1_42_0-haiku/boost/config/select_platform_config.hpp
+--- boost_1_42_0/boost/config/select_platform_config.hpp	2009-05-30 11:16:25.057409536 +0000
++++ boost_1_42_0-haiku/boost/config/select_platform_config.hpp	2010-04-23 02:22:24.092798976 +0000
+@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
+ // win32:
+ #  define BOOST_PLATFORM_CONFIG "boost/config/platform/win32.hpp"
+ 
++#elif defined(__HAIKU__)
++// Haiku
++#  define BOOST_PLATFORM_CONFIG "boost/config/platform/haiku.hpp" 
++
+ #elif defined(__BEOS__)
+ // BeOS
+ #  define BOOST_PLATFORM_CONFIG "boost/config/platform/beos.hpp"
+diff -Naur boost_1_42_0/boost/config/stdlib/libstdcpp3.hpp boost_1_42_0-haiku/boost/config/stdlib/libstdcpp3.hpp
+--- boost_1_42_0/boost/config/stdlib/libstdcpp3.hpp	2009-05-30 11:16:25.057671680 +0000
++++ boost_1_42_0-haiku/boost/config/stdlib/libstdcpp3.hpp	2010-04-23 02:23:34.217841664 +0000
+@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
+ 
+ #ifdef __GLIBCXX__ // gcc 3.4 and greater:
+ #  if defined(_GLIBCXX_HAVE_GTHR_DEFAULT) \
+-        || defined(_GLIBCXX__PTHREADS)
++        || defined(_GLIBCXX__PTHREADS) || defined(__HAIKU__)
+       //
+       // If the std lib has thread support turned on, then turn it on in Boost
+       // as well.  We do this because some gcc-3.4 std lib headers define _REENTANT
+diff -Naur boost_1_42_0/boost/thread/thread_time.hpp boost_1_42_0-haiku/boost/thread/thread_time.hpp
+--- boost_1_42_0/boost/thread/thread_time.hpp	2008-06-18 13:01:08.030408704 +0000
++++ boost_1_42_0-haiku/boost/thread/thread_time.hpp	2010-04-23 02:24:59.809500672 +0000
+@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
+     
+     inline system_time get_system_time()
+     {
++#ifndef BOOST_DATE_TIME_HAS_HIGH_PRECISION_CLOCK
++#       error "High precision clock not supported on this platform"
++#endif
+         return boost::date_time::microsec_clock<system_time>::universal_time();
+     }
+ 
+diff -Naur boost_1_42_0/tools/build/v2/tools/builtin.jam boost_1_42_0-haiku/tools/build/v2/tools/builtin.jam
+--- boost_1_42_0/tools/build/v2/tools/builtin.jam	2009-10-28 07:47:51.000786432 +0000
++++ boost_1_42_0-haiku/tools/build/v2/tools/builtin.jam	2010-04-23 02:26:20.131596288 +0000
+@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
+ 
+ 
+ .os-names = aix bsd cygwin darwin freebsd hpux iphone linux netbsd
+-    openbsd osf qnx qnxnto sgi solaris unix unixware windows 
++    openbsd osf qnx qnxnto sgi solaris unix unixware windows haiku
+     elf # Not actually an OS -- used for targeting bare metal where
+         # object format is ELF.  This catches both -elf and -eabi gcc
+         # targets and well as other compilers targeting ELF. It is not
+@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
+             case MACOSX       : host-os = darwin  ;
+             case KFREEBSD     : host-os = freebsd ;
+             case LINUX        : host-os = linux   ;
++            case HAIKU        : host-os = haiku   ;
+             case SUNOS        : 
+               ECHO "SunOS is not a supported operating system." ;
+               ECHO "We believe last version of SunOS was released in 1992, " ;
+diff -Naur boost_1_42_0/tools/build/v2/tools/gcc.jam boost_1_42_0-haiku/tools/build/v2/tools/gcc.jam
+--- boost_1_42_0/tools/build/v2/tools/gcc.jam	2009-10-28 07:47:51.003145728 +0000
++++ boost_1_42_0-haiku/tools/build/v2/tools/gcc.jam	2010-04-23 02:28:40.680001536 +0000
+@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@
+ # Differs from 'link' above only by -shared.
+ actions link.dll bind LIBRARIES
+ {
+-    "$(CONFIG_COMMAND)" -L"$(LINKPATH)" -Wl,$(RPATH_OPTION:E=-R)$(SPACE)-Wl,"$(RPATH)" "$(.IMPLIB-COMMAND)$(<[1])" -o "$(<[-1])" $(HAVE_SONAME)-Wl,$(SONAME_OPTION)$(SPACE)-Wl,$(<[-1]:D=) -shared $(START-GROUP) "$(>)" "$(LIBRARIES)" $(FINDLIBS-ST-PFX) -l$(FINDLIBS-ST) $(FINDLIBS-SA-PFX) -l$(FINDLIBS-SA) $(END-GROUP) $(OPTIONS) $(USER_OPTIONS)
++    "$(CONFIG_COMMAND)" -L"$(LINKPATH)" -Wl,$(RPATH_OPTION:E=-R)$(SPACE)-Wl,"$(RPATH)" "$(.IMPLIB-COMMAND)$(<[1])" -o "$(<[-1])" $(HAVE_SONAME)-Wl,$(SONAME_OPTION)$(SPACE)-Wl,$(<[-1]:D=) -nostart -Wl,-shared $(START-GROUP) "$(>)" "$(LIBRARIES)" $(FINDLIBS-ST-PFX) -l$(FINDLIBS-ST) $(FINDLIBS-SA-PFX) -l$(FINDLIBS-SA) $(END-GROUP) $(OPTIONS) $(USER_OPTIONS)
+ }
+ 
+ rule setup-threading ( targets * : sources * : properties * )
+@@ -889,6 +889,10 @@
+             {            
+                 # BeOS has no threading options, so do not set anything here.
+             }        
++            case haiku :
++            {            
++                # pthread.
++            }        
+             case *bsd :
+             {
+                 option = -pthread ;
+diff -Naur boost_1_42_0/tools/jam/src/Jambase boost_1_42_0-haiku/tools/jam/src/Jambase
+--- boost_1_42_0/tools/jam/src/Jambase	2009-01-10 19:42:28.047185920 +0000
++++ boost_1_42_0-haiku/tools/jam/src/Jambase	2010-04-23 02:31:10.925106176 +0000
+@@ -849,6 +849,18 @@
+     NOARSCAN    ?= true ;
+     STDHDRS     ?= /boot/develop/headers/posix ;
+ }
++else if $(OS) = HAIKU
++{
++    BINDIR      ?= /boot/common/bin ;
++    CC          ?= gcc ;
++    C++         ?= $(CC) ;
++    FORTRAN     ?= "" ;
++    LIBDIR      ?= /boot/common/lib ;
++    LINK        ?= gcc ;
++    LINKLIBS    ?= -lnetwork ;
++    NOARSCAN    ?= true ;
++    STDHDRS     ?= /boot/develop/headers/posix ;
++}
+ else if $(UNIX)
+ {
+     switch $(OS)
+diff -Naur boost_1_42_0/tools/jam/src/boehm_gc/config.guess boost_1_42_0-haiku/tools/jam/src/boehm_gc/config.guess
+--- boost_1_42_0/tools/jam/src/boehm_gc/config.guess	2007-08-11 05:53:37.019922944 +0000
++++ boost_1_42_0-haiku/tools/jam/src/boehm_gc/config.guess	2010-04-23 02:33:06.863502336 +0000
+@@ -1199,6 +1199,9 @@
+     BePC:BeOS:*:*)	# BeOS running on Intel PC compatible.
+ 	echo i586-pc-beos
+ 	exit ;;
++	BePC:Haiku:*:*)	# Haiku running on Intel PC compatible.
++	echo i586-pc-haiku
++	exit ;;
+     SX-4:SUPER-UX:*:*)
+ 	echo sx4-nec-superux${UNAME_RELEASE}
+ 	exit ;;
+diff -Naur boost_1_42_0/tools/jam/src/boehm_gc/include/private/gcconfig.h boost_1_42_0-haiku/tools/jam/src/boehm_gc/include/private/gcconfig.h
+--- boost_1_42_0/tools/jam/src/boehm_gc/include/private/gcconfig.h	2007-08-11 05:53:37.032243712 +0000
++++ boost_1_42_0-haiku/tools/jam/src/boehm_gc/include/private/gcconfig.h	2010-04-23 02:34:09.906231808 +0000
+@@ -215,6 +215,11 @@
+ #    define BEOS
+ #    define mach_type_known
+ # endif
++# if defined(__HAIKU__) && defined(_X86_)
++#    define I386
++#    define HAIKU
++#    define mach_type_known
++# endif
+ # if defined(LINUX) && (defined(i386) || defined(__i386__))
+ #    define I386
+ #    define mach_type_known
+@@ -1014,6 +1019,13 @@
+       extern int etext[];
+ #     define DATASTART ((ptr_t)((((word) (etext)) + 0xfff) & ~0xfff))
+ #   endif
++#   ifdef HAIKU
++#     define OS_TYPE "HAIKU"
++#     include <OS.h>
++#     define GETPAGESIZE() B_PAGE_SIZE
++      extern int etext[];
++#     define DATASTART ((ptr_t)((((word) (etext)) + 0xfff) & ~0xfff))
++#   endif
+ #   ifdef SOLARIS
+ #	define OS_TYPE "SOLARIS"
+         extern int _etext[], _end[];
+diff -Naur boost_1_42_0/tools/jam/src/fileunix.c boost_1_42_0-haiku/tools/jam/src/fileunix.c
+--- boost_1_42_0/tools/jam/src/fileunix.c	2009-01-10 19:42:28.045613056 +0000
++++ boost_1_42_0-haiku/tools/jam/src/fileunix.c	2010-04-23 02:34:44.754712576 +0000
+@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
+ 
+ # if defined( OS_QNX ) || \
+      defined( OS_BEOS ) || \
++     defined( OS_HAIKU ) || \
+      defined( OS_MPEIX )
+ # define NO_AR
+ # define HAVE_AR
+diff -Naur boost_1_42_0/tools/jam/src/jam.h boost_1_42_0-haiku/tools/jam/src/jam.h
+--- boost_1_42_0/tools/jam/src/jam.h	2009-01-10 19:42:28.046923776 +0000
++++ boost_1_42_0-haiku/tools/jam/src/jam.h	2010-04-23 02:35:27.411828224 +0000
+@@ -234,6 +234,11 @@
+     #define OS_BEOS
+     #define NO_VFORK
+ #endif
++#ifdef __HAIKU__
++    #define unix
++    #define OSMINOR "OS=HAIKU"
++    #define OS_HAIKU
++#endif
+ #ifdef __bsdi__
+     #define OSMINOR "OS=BSDI"
+     #define OS_BSDI
+diff -Naur boost_1_42_0/tools/jam/src/jambase.c boost_1_42_0-haiku/tools/jam/src/jambase.c
+--- boost_1_42_0/tools/jam/src/jambase.c	2009-01-10 19:42:28.047448064 +0000
++++ boost_1_42_0-haiku/tools/jam/src/jambase.c	2010-04-23 02:36:46.935329792 +0000
+@@ -554,6 +554,18 @@
+ "NOARSCAN    ?= true ;\n",
+ "STDHDRS     ?= /boot/develop/headers/posix ;\n",
+ "}\n",
++"else if $(OS) = HAIKU\n",
++"{\n",
++"BINDIR      ?= /boot/common/bin ;\n",
++"CC          ?= gcc ;\n",
++"C++         ?= $(CC) ;\n",
++"FORTRAN     ?= \"\" ;\n",
++"LIBDIR      ?= /boot/common/lib ;\n",
++"LINK        ?= gcc ;\n",
++"LINKLIBS    ?= -lnetwork ;\n",
++"NOARSCAN    ?= true ;\n",
++"STDHDRS     ?= /boot/develop/headers/posix ;\n",
++"}\n",
+ "else if $(UNIX)\n",
+ "{\n",
+ "switch $(OS)\n",