On 2026-08-17 13:09, Alexander Kanavin wrote:
>> +        # Remove boost_predef b2 check tooling - not needed for runtime or
>> +        # cross-compilation, and was never installed in previous versions
>> +        rm -rf ${D}${datadir}
> Removing all of datadir is excessive. There might still be useful
> pieces in there, if not now, then in future versions.
>
> Also, why remove something that upstream has started to install? Say
> something is 'not needed' or gives 'permission errors' is too vague,
> and not a sufficient reason,
>
> If they deem something useful, then we should not go against it; if
> it's not useful in the package it currently goes into, then we should
> find a better package, or make a separate new package for it.

Thanks Alex, I initially had it in boost-dev but switched to removing it 
after finding it was never installed in 1.91.0.

v2 ships it in boost-dev alongside the cmake files — both are build-time 
tooling, and a separate package for a handful of files would be 
unnecessary overhead.

The --prefix addition remains needed because B2 1.92.0 now invokes 
predef's install-data target (not triggered in previous versions), and 
without it the path resolves to /usr/local.

Regards,

Jaipaul