First alpha release of PowerDNS Recursor 5.4.0

[omoerbeek]

https://blog.powerdns.com/2025/12/16-first-alpha-release-of-powerdns-recursor-5.4.0

[paddg]

Hello Otto,

Compiling on SLES 15.5 and 15.7 failed.

[omoerbeek]

I'll take a look.

[omoerbeek]

I installed a Suse 15 system and managed to reproduce. Some recent changes made the code not work on an rather old boost (1.66) (maybe in combination with an old c++ lib?).

#16655 fixes it for me. Note that this is tested with g++15, as for some reason g++-13 is not available on a Suse 15.7 desktop system. I seems to have picked the wrong kind of Suse install, should have gone for a Server one.

[paddg]

Hi Otto,

Wow, I wasn't expecting so much effort, thank you so much! I'll try it tomorrow. Hopefully, the patch will apply to 5.4.0.

Winfried

[omoerbeek]

Ot should apply, rec-5.4.0-alpha1 is very close to master.

[paddg]

Hello Otto,

It works now with your patch, ( and g++-13) thanks! I saw that you guys aren't really happy with the solution. Unfortunately, we're still stuck with SLES15.7 (Boost 1.66) for a long time.

Winfried

[paddg]

We could switch to g++-15 if that helps somehow.

[omoerbeek]

No, that does not make any difference for the compile issue (it only does for some harmless warnings).