Re: 100MB of Node.js modules shipped in the Boost release tarball

Andrey Semashev via Boost <[email protected]> Wed, 17 Jun 2026 21:51:47 +0300
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 17 Jun 2026 21:17, Sam Darwin via Boost wrote:
>>  Node.js modules included in the boost
> 
> Hi Jonathan,
> 
> I believe this is solved, going forward, with boost 1.92.0.
> 
> Download the latest boost 1.92.0 snapshot:
> https://archives.boost.io/develop/
> https://archives.boost.io/develop/boost_1_92_0-snapshot.tar.bz2
> 
> No node_modules in the archive, right?

Given that these modules are downloaded during Boost build and have
known vulnerabilities, this may pose a security thread to Boost building
infrastructure. Is it possible to remove this dependency download or at
the very least change the building process to rely only on the fixed,
known good versions, with checksum/signature verification?

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