Is there any way to use “strings” or some otehr command to decide what version of Boost was used to compile a particular executable or .so? All I have is the executable/.so itself.
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Is there any way to use “strings” or some otehr command to decide what version of Boost was used to compile a particular executable or .so? All I have is the executable/.so itself.
Boost is mostly a header-only library, with extensive use of templates (which all compiles down to probably some optimized binary). Given only the executable binary, you’re most likely not be able to deduce the Boost version used.
Probably the only way you’ll know what Boost version is used by looking at the executable’s version number (if it has one) then look it up in the source control repository it came from (if you have access to it).