Re: [Boost-users] boost::uuid

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] boost::uuid
From: Paul A. Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-07-11 09:33:22

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boost-users [mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of John Emmas
> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 8:41 AM
> To: Boost-users_at_[hidden]
> Subject: [Boost-users] boost::uuid
> 
> 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.

Biist.UUID is entirely header files - you do not need (and probably should not have) any static or
dynamic/shared library files as provided previously by BoostPro to use Boost.UUID.

You should download the more recent release of Boost files as described in

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_54_0/more/getting_started/index.html

in

\boost_1_54_0\boost\uuid\uuid_*.hpp  etc

you will find the files that you need for UUID.

(These in turn rely on other Boost files, so you are living dangerously if you try to just pick out
the files you need from the Boost 1.54 distribution!  You have been warned.  Unzip the whole 1.54
distribution.)

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_54_0/libs/uuid/uuid.html tells you all about it.

HTH

Paul

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