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+package:
+  name: boost-python
+  version: 1.84.0
+  tag:
+    - library
+    - static_library
+source:
+  url: https://github.com/boostorg/boost/releases/download/boost-1.84.0/boost-1.84.0.tar.gz
+  sha256: 4d27e9efed0f6f152dc28db6430b9d3dfb40c0345da7342eaa5a987dde57bd95
+
+build:
+  type: static_library
+  script: |
+    export INSTALL_DIR=${WASM_LIBRARY_DIR}
+    ./bootstrap.sh --prefix=${INSTALL_DIR} --with-libraries=python \
+      --with-python=python$PYMAJOR.$PYMINOR
+
+    # https://github.com/emscripten-core/emscripten/issues/17052
+    # Without this, boost outputs WASM modules not static library archives as an output.
+    # I don't understand why... the jam file used by boost is quite hard to understand.
+    printf "using clang : emscripten : emcc : <archiver>emar <ranlib>emranlib <linker>emlink ;\n" | tee -a ./project-config.jam
+    printf "using python : $PYMAJOR.$PYMINOR : python$PYMAJOR.$PYMINOR : $PYTHONINCLUDE : $HOSTINSTALLDIR/lib/python$PYMAJOR.$PYMINOR.a ;\n" | tee -a ./project-config.jam
+
+    echo "==============================="
+    echo "cat ./project-config.jam"
+    cat ./project-config.jam
+    echo "==============================="
+
+    ./b2 variant=release toolset=clang-emscripten link=static threading=single --disable-icu \
+      cxxflags="$SIDE_MODULE_CXXFLAGS -fwasm-exceptions -DBOOST_SP_DISABLE_THREADS=1" \
+      cflags="$SIDE_MODULE_CFLAGS -fwasm-exceptions -DBOOST_SP_DISABLE_THREADS=1" \
+      linkflags="-fpic $SIDE_MODULE_LDFLAGS" \
+      python=$PYMAJOR.$PYMINOR \
+      --layout=system -j"${PYODIDE_JOBS:-3}" --prefix=${INSTALL_DIR} \
+      -d2 install
+
+    echo "==============================="
+    find $WASM_LIBRARY_DIR
+    echo "==============================="
+    false
+
+about:
+  home: https://www.boost.org/
+  summary: Free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries.
+  license: Boost
+extra:
+  recipe-maintainers:
+    - johnwason