Upgrade Boost from 1.78.0 to 1.87.0

[timosachsenberg]

Summary

• Upgrade Boost from 1.78.0 to 1.87.0
• Fixes MSVC C++20 typename bug in boost::process headers (C7510, fixed upstream in Boost 1.82)
• Boost.Process v1 compatibility shims still present in 1.87 (removed in 1.88+)
• Remove hardcoded architecture=x86 from b2 build command to support ARM64 builds

Motivation

PR OpenMS/OpenMS#8939 replaces QProcess with boost::process. The old Boost 1.78 in contrib has a known typename bug that breaks MSVC C++20 strict mode. Upgrading to 1.87 fixes this without needing CI patches.

After merge

Trigger workflow_dispatch on the main.yml CI to rebuild and release contrib_build-*.tar.gz for all platforms.

Test plan

• CI builds successfully on all 3 platforms (triggered by workflow_dispatch after merge)

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Upgraded Boost dependency from 1.81.0 to 1.87.0 and updated associated archive/checksum references.
• Style
  • Minor formatting cleanup in build scripts affecting command layout on Linux/macOS.

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📥 Commits

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📒 Files selected for processing (2)

• CMakeLists.txt
• libraries.cmake/boost.cmake

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

This pull request updates the Boost dependency references in CMake from boost-1.81.0 to boost-1.87.0 and adjusts the Boost archive filename and SHA256 checksum; it also contains minor whitespace/formatting changes in the Boost build command invocation within CMake macros.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Boost CMake refs CMakeLists.txt	Bumped BOOST_DIR to boost-1.87.0; updated ARCHIVE_BOOST, ARCHIVE_BOOST_TAR and ARCHIVE_BOOST_SHA256 to the boost-1.87.0 tarball name and new SHA256 checksum.
Boost build macro formatting libraries.cmake/boost.cmake	Whitespace/reformatting changes to the execute_process(COMMAND ./b2 ...) and set(BOOST_CMD ...) lines (reflowed arguments/removed blank line). No functional argument or control-flow changes.

Possibly related PRs

• add arrow to contrib, move to sha256 #157: Also modifies Boost archive/version and related CMake configuration entries (strongly related to the version/archive updates here).

Poem

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Hopping through CMake, I found a new tune,
Boost upgraded beneath the moon.
Tarball changed, checksum aligned,
A tidy whitespace hop left behind.
Carrots, versions, all in tune.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3

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Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title 'Upgrade Boost from 1.78.0 to 1.87.0' directly and clearly summarizes the primary change: upgrading the Boost dependency version, which is the main objective of the changeset.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.

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• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch upgrade-boost-1.87

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