[Boost-users] boost::uuid

Subject: [Boost-users] boost::uuid
From: John Emmas (johne53_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-07-11 03:40:57

Hello there,

I'm developing an app (originally written for Linux) which uses some 
UUID functionality that originally came from a set of e2fs utilities for 
Linux.  I'm porting the app to Windows so naturally, the e2fs stuff 
doesn't build.  I need to find a UUID implemntation that's more 
cross-platform - and of course, the obvious one to try is boost::uuid.

I first installed boost when it was at version 1.40 (1-2 years ago?)  
Anyway, my installed version doesn't include UUID so I decided to update 
to a more recent version.  The most recent Windows installer I could 
find was for version 1.51, from BoostPro:-

http://www.boostpro.com/download/

Unfortunately, it probably isn't the absolute latest because BoostPro is 
apparently now discontinued - but it should be recent enough to include 
the UUID modules.  From what I can gather, boost::uuid has been around 
since at least version 1.42.  However, I hit a couple of problems:-

1) Firstly, I seem to get errors, no matter which mirror I use. I'll try 
again later, in case the errors go away.

2) Despite the errors, something does seem to get downloaded. However, 
rather than installing all the source files / DLLs etc, I just get a 
subdirectory called "lib" which contains a bunch of zip files (over 
100).  My original (1.40) installation seemed to unpack everything for me.

3) AFAICT even ver 1.51 doesn't include any UUID functionality. There 
was nothing for UUID that was selectable in the installer - and none of 
the modules look like UUID.  I seem to have boost::regex, 
boost::filesystem, boost:date_time and a whole load of other stuff - but 
no boost::uuid :-(

I then came across this web page which seems to suggest that all I need 
to do is add one header file to my existing installation 
(boost/uuid.hpp).  Am I over-thinking this?? Is that all there is to 
it??  Thanks.

John