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[boost] boost/1.72.0: Not able to build due to Forbidden!

See original GitHub issue

The basic problem is that Boost.org is over their OSS limit, see boostorg/boost#383.

Would it be possible to point source downloads at a more reliable source?

Package and Environment Details (include every applicable attribute)

  • Package Name/Version: boost/1.72.0
  • Operating System+version: n/a
  • Compiler+version: n/a
  • Docker image: n/a
  • Conan version: n/a
  • Python version: n/a

Conan profile (output of conan profile show default or conan profile show <profile> if custom profile is in use)

  • happens with any profile (we have many CI builds that are at issue)

Steps to reproduce (Include if Applicable)

Do any build that requires downloading source for boost/1.72.0

Logs (Include/Attach if Applicable)

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conans.errors.ConanExceptionInUserConanfileMethod: boost/1.72.0: Error in source() method, line 151
	tools.get(**self.conan_data["sources"][self.version])
	AuthenticationException: Forbidden!

Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created 3 years ago
  • Comments:16 (11 by maintainers)

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2reactions
Croydoncommented, Mar 30, 2020

Maybe we should switch the download to GitHub release downloads? https://github.com/boostorg/boost/releases

1reaction
aaaaaaaaarghcommented, Jun 9, 2020

Yes, looks good to me too.

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