I followed the link form boost.org and then through sourceforge. But sourceforge directed me to: http://downloadbud.com/?adprovider=sourceforge_fwint&source=fw36_300x250-download-display-6352064 The link is an executable! I've never heard of 'downloadbud'. Not a big deal for now, I'm running with 1.58. But I'd like to get the latest of spirit x3 before I ask questions on the spirit list that may not need asking. Is there another source for boost? Or, is this executable actually a safe extractor? Sourceforge handing over an exe when it should be be a package seems just wrong... Thanks, Dan.
SourceForge has been controversial in the last month due to them bundling malware and other dubious incidents [0] [1]. I would recommend against running some random executable from that site! That said, there is a Github project [2] with its main boost repository, from which you can build a local Boost yourself. I did this a few month ago, as I not want to download Boost from SourceForge at all. A word of caution: you have to recursively clone a lot of repositories; I think in the end it's in the 1G-2G following the steps outlined in the docs. Also note that the boost repository's "Releases" [3] are not releases that are usable or from which you can build a local Boost. I learned that the hard way, and had to ask on IRC about that. Moving forward, I would love to see improvements in the distribution process. I would love the main landing page [4] to be served over https, to have checksums, or even signed releases. And I would love Boost to move off of SourceForge in the long term. Or better as fast as possible. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9623142 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9692033 [2] https://github.com/boostorg [3] https://github.com/boostorg/boost/releases [4] http://www.boost.org/users/download/ On 02/05/2016 08:37 PM, Dan Bloomquist wrote:
I followed the link form boost.org and then through sourceforge. But sourceforge directed me to: http://downloadbud.com/?adprovider=sourceforge_fwint&source=fw36_300x250-download-display-6352064
The link is an executable! I've never heard of 'downloadbud'. Not a big deal for now, I'm running with 1.58. But I'd like to get the latest of spirit x3 before I ask questions on the spirit list that may not need asking. Is there another source for boost? Or, is this executable actually a safe extractor? Sourceforge handing over an exe when it should be be a package seems just wrong...
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Daniel Hofmann wrote:
SourceForge has been controversial in the last month due to them bundling malware and other dubious incidents [0] [1]. I would recommend against running some random executable from that site! Yes, it will never happen on my machine.
That said, there is a Github project [2] with its main boost repository, from which you can build a local Boost yourself. I did this a few month ago, as I not want to download Boost from SourceForge at all. From:https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/TryModBoost#InstallingModularBoost
And using git for windows: http://rogerdudler.github.io/git-guide/ I did a: $ git clone --recursive git@github.com:boostorg/boost.git modular-boost
clone.log
Cloning into 'modular-boost'... The authenticity of host 'github.com (192.30.252.129)' can't be established. RSA key fingerprint is SHA256:nThbg6kXUpJWGl7E1IGOCspRomTxdCARLviKw6E5SY8. Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?
yes
Warning: Permanently added 'github.com,192.30.252.129' (RSA) to the list of known hosts. Permission denied (publickey). fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists. ~~ And the clone.log is empty. I'm not even a novice at git so not sure how to check if the repository exists or what from here. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Dan.
I would try Git over HTTPS; this should work without any setup whatsoever:
git clone --recursive https://github.com/boostorg/boost.git modular-boost
On 02/06/2016 03:58 AM, Dan Bloomquist wrote:
Daniel Hofmann wrote:
SourceForge has been controversial in the last month due to them bundling malware and other dubious incidents [0] [1]. I would recommend against running some random executable from that site! Yes, it will never happen on my machine.
That said, there is a Github project [2] with its main boost repository, from which you can build a local Boost yourself. I did this a few month ago, as I not want to download Boost from SourceForge at all. From:https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/TryModBoost#InstallingModularBoost
And using git for windows: http://rogerdudler.github.io/git-guide/
I did a: $ git clone --recursive git@github.com:boostorg/boost.git modular-boost
clone.log
Cloning into 'modular-boost'... The authenticity of host 'github.com (192.30.252.129)' can't be established. RSA key fingerprint is SHA256:nThbg6kXUpJWGl7E1IGOCspRomTxdCARLviKw6E5SY8. Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?
yes
Warning: Permanently added 'github.com,192.30.252.129' (RSA) to the list of known hosts. Permission denied (publickey). fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists. ~~
And the clone.log is empty. I'm not even a novice at git so not sure how to check if the repository exists or what from here. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Dan.
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Daniel Hofmann wrote:
I would try Git over HTTPS; this should work without any setup whatsoever:
git clone --recursive https://github.com/boostorg/boost.git modular-boost
Thank you Daniel. Looks like I got it all. Next is to see what it is like to build the libs. It use to be so easy. Best, Dan.
Hi,
I thought I'd report my build experience. Using 5.2 from:
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_60_0/more/getting_started/windows.html#or-bu...
It took about 15 minutes to figure out what to copy where and start the
build. This was with VS2015 and the v140 toolset and VS2010/v100.
but...
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