          MODULE=boost
         VERSION=1.88.0
          SOURCE=${MODULE}_${VERSION//./_}.tar.bz2
     SOURCE_URL=https://archives.boost.io/release/$VERSION/source/
     SOURCE_VFY=sha256:46d9d2c06637b219270877c9e16155cbd015b6dc84349af064c088e9b5b12f7b
SOURCE_DIRECTORY=$BUILD_DIRECTORY/${MODULE}_${VERSION//./_}
        WEB_SITE=https://www.boost.org
         ENTERED=20041115
         UPDATED=20250928
           SHORT="A cross-platform supplement to the C++ standard library"

cat << EOF
Boost is a cross-platform supplement to the C++ standard library.
It provides many things, among them
 - help for non-compliant implementations of the standard library
 - additional containers, iterators, and smart-pointer types
 - help for templates
EOF
