drogonframework/drogon

Add support to Boost UUID

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#2,562 opened on Aug 20, 2026

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Description

One thing that I'm frustrated is with the requirement of the OS libuuid, specially on linux platforms, i believe that will be useful add the option to choose between OS UUID and boost-uuid.

Is viable to add an option at cmake to switch between OS UUID or Boost UUID, like DROGON_USE_BOOST_UUID.

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Research direction
Examine the CMake build configuration to see how the OS libuuid is currently detected and linked. Then explore whether Boost.UUID is available in the project's dependencies and how a similar CMake option could be structured.
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cpp
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backendbuild system
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3
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Half day
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