[Boost] Problems when downloading the LICENSE_1_0.txt and boostcpp.jam
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Description
Many issues reported about problems when downloading the LICENSE_1_0.txt and boostcpp.jam.
Failures:
Downloading https://raw.githubusercontent.com/boostorg/boost/boost-1.73.0/LICENSE_1_0.txt... Failed. Status: 6;"Couldn't resolve host name"
Downloading https://raw.githubusercontent.com/boostorg/boost/boost-1.73.0/boostcpp.jam... Failed. Status: 6;"Couldn't resolve host name"
Possible solutions are:
- Set the HTTPS_PROXY and HTTP_PROXY environment (see https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/issues/11627#issuecomment-642356801)
- Change DNS server (see https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/issues/12266#issuecomment-653856357)
- Download the zip file, unzip it and put it in the download folder:
Boost-1.75.0:
boost_LICENSE_1_0.zip
boost-1.75.0.beta1-boostcpp.zip
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