libboost required?!

[egberts]

Over here at embedded Linux building, the latest LVM2 requires libboost?!

So I noticed that I could stop using libboost by a link flag to exclude the library but....

Ummmmm, we did not require the use of boost include file before the LVM team introduced thin provisioning, right?

If so, can we break away from boost include files (as well as the libboost.so) if THIN were disabled by compiler flag?

Rationale

Primary reason is that libboost is a beast on limited storage space (as well as a beast during compiling and linking).

[zkabelac]

Dne 22. 07. 22 v 16:10 Egbert napsal(a):

Over here at embedded Linux building the latest LVM2 requires |libboost|?! So I noticed that I could stop using |libboost| by a compiler flag but.... Ummmmm, we did require the use of boost include before introducing |thin| provisioning, right? If so, can we break away from libboost and its mandatory development include header files of libboost if THIN were disabled?

lvm2 is not using libboost. devicemapper persistent data package (containing tools like cache_check, thin_check...) does use this C++ library (for now - it's going to be soon released as 'Rust' package. So not sure what you are building or trying to use - but I'm pretty sure lvm2 itself does NOT use any C++ library for anything. Although if you want to use thin/cache... you likely should use d-m-p-d packages or otherwise you might end with unrecoverable situations.... (As lvm2 calls these tools via 'exec'). Regards Zdenek