Boost doesn't support building binaries that run with older kernel than the linux-headers is built against #21550

issue luke-jr opened this issue on March 29, 2021

luke-jr commented at 10:24 PM on March 29, 2021: member

We have various hacks to support older glibc, but I don't think we've considered Boost compatibility.

It appears building Boost with a modern linux-headers will not work on systems with a kernel older than the headers it was built with.

This de facto affects Bitcoin Core no later than Boost 1.75.0: https://github.com/boostorg/filesystem/issues/182
MarcoFalke commented at 5:29 AM on March 30, 2021: member

Let's just remove boost::fs before bumping to 1.75?
MarcoFalke added the label Build system on Mar 30, 2021
MarcoFalke added this to the milestone 23.0 on Mar 30, 2021
luke-jr commented at 3:08 PM on March 30, 2021: member

To be clear, I'm not sure if boost::fs is the only part affected.
MarcoFalke removed this from the milestone 23.0 on Jan 20, 2022
MarcoFalke commented at 7:19 PM on January 20, 2022: member

Removing milestone, as this is not a regression. Absent any other known issues apart the boost::fs one, I think this can even be closed.
fanquake commented at 11:50 AM on March 31, 2022: member

I agree. Without more information this isn't really actionable. We've now also removed boost::fs (and even linking against any boost libs) in the interim. I think this can be reopened if/when more information is provided.
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