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Hermes bfdb399772 WIP: modernization applied to DNS2 tree

Brings in uncommitted work from SAMI-PC E:\repos\triangles
cpp20-modernization branch:
- RocksDB default chain DB + auto-migrate from txleveldb
- SQLite default wallet + non-destructive migration from Berkeley
- Boost.Asio removed from RPC (rpc_httpsocket.h)
- Boost removed from all daemon + GUI code
- New: walletdb-base.h, walletdb-batch.h, walletdb-sqlite.{h,cpp},
  walletdb-factory.{h,cpp}, walletmigrate.{h,cpp}
- New tests: chaindb_runtime_tests, chaindb_equivalence_tests,
  snapshotnet_tests
- Docs: BOOST-REMOVAL.md, ROCKSDB-DEFAULT-MIGRATION.md,
  WALLET-SQLITE-MIGRATION.md

Does not yet build — needs CWalletDB->CWalletBatchTyped rebase in
walletdb.cpp/wallet.cpp/db.cpp and merge with origin/master for
v6 source files (checkpointpublisher, tor/, snapshot/, utxosnapshot,
bootstrap.cpp).

Build flags: -DBUILD_QT=OFF -DUSE_I2P_EMBEDDED=OFF

2026-06-29 20:08:06 -07:00

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Boost removal — progress

Goal: drop the Boost dependency in favor of C++17 std. No consensus or wire behavior changes.

Done

Triangles' own code (daemon + GUI) is now completely Boost-free. All nine translation units that used Boost have been migrated. The only remaining Boost usage in the tree is (1) the Boost.Test unit-test framework under src/test/, and (2) Boost as a transitive link dependency of the bundled embedded i2pd router (libi2pd.a) — not of any Triangles source. See "Remaining" below.

File	Boost removed	Replacement
`txdb-leveldb.cpp`	`boost/version.hpp` (unused include)	deleted
`txdb-rocksdb.cpp`	`boost/version.hpp` (unused include)	deleted
`walletdb.cpp`	`boost/version.hpp` + `BOOST_VERSION` guard	unconditional `std::filesystem` branch
`util.cpp`	`boost::program_options` config-file parser + `to_internal` workaround	small C++17 INI parser in `ReadConfigFile`
`init.cpp`	`boost::interprocess::file_lock` + `using namespace boost`	portable `LockDataDirectory()` (`flock` POSIX / `LockFileEx` Win32)
`rpcdump.cpp`	`boost::posix_time` + `boost::gregorian`	`std::get_time` + `timegm`/`_mkgmtime`

wallet.cpp and triangles-cli.cpp only ever mentioned Boost in comments — no code change needed.

Behavior notes for review

Config parser: name = value; a line whose first non-whitespace char is # is a comment; blank lines ignored; inline # is NOT a comment (so rpcpassword may contain #). First value wins for single-valued settings; -name keying and nofoo= negative-setting interpretation preserved.
File lock: exclusive, non-blocking; the fd/handle is held for process lifetime and released by the OS on exit (matches the old file_lock lifetime).
Dump time parser: same five accepted formats, parsed as UTC.

CMake note

program_options is no longer used by any source file and can be dropped from the find_package(Boost ... COMPONENTS ...) list once the remaining two files are migrated. It is left in place for now because removing it before the Asio migration provides no benefit and the component is harmless if installed.

RPC server (done — `trianglesrpc.cpp`)

The JSON-RPC/HTTP server previously used boost::asio (async sockets + boost::asio::ssl), boost::bind, boost::iostreams, boost::shared_ptr/weak_ptr, and boost::system::error_code. It was rewritten onto raw BSD sockets behind a small std::iostream (src/rpc_httpsocket.h), preserving the thread-per-connection model so the HTTP parser, JSON-RPC dispatch, REST handler, and the blocking SSE handler are all unchanged.

New src/rpc_httpsocket.h: CSocketIOStream (a std::iostream over a SOCKET), ConnectRPCSocket(), BindRPCSockets() (separate IPv4/IPv6 listeners, loopback unless -rpcallowip), SockaddrToString().
ThreadRPCServer2 now binds sockets and runs a select()-based accept loop that spawns ThreadRPCServer3 per connection.
ClientAllowed takes a numeric IP string.
CallRPC connects via a raw socket.
-rpcssl is removed. RPC TLS was a rarely used Asio::ssl feature; for remote access, front the port with stunnel/nginx or reach it over SSH/Tor (the same decision Bitcoin Core made). A warning is logged if -rpcssl is set.

Qt URI handler (done — `qt/qtipcserver.cpp`)

The triangles: single-instance URI handoff used boost::interprocess::message_queue + boost::posix_time. Rewritten onto QLocalServer / QLocalSocket (QtNetwork), keeping the existing polling-thread model via the blocking waitForNewConnection / waitForReadyRead / waitForConnected methods (no Qt event loop required). Qt5::Network added to the Qt find_package and the triangles-qt link.

CMake

Boost::program_options, Boost::thread, Boost::chrono removed from the triangles_common link — Triangles' own objects reference no Boost symbols.

Remaining

Two things still pull Boost into the build; neither is Triangles source:

Embedded i2pd router. When built with the embedded I2P router, the bundled libi2pd.a / libi2pdclient.a link Boost (program_options, thread, chrono, filesystem, system). The i2pd-specific link block (and the top-level find_package(Boost ...)) are therefore left intact. Fully dropping Boost from the build requires either a Boost-free i2pd build or disabling the embedded router. This is an upstream i2pd concern, not Triangles code.
Unit tests. src/test/* use the Boost.Test framework (Boost::unit_test_framework). Optional follow-up: port to a header-only framework (e.g. Catch2/doctest) to remove the last first-party Boost use.

When both are addressed, find_package(Boost ...) can be removed entirely.

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