diff --git a/boost-1.92.0-0.build.sh b/boost-1.92.0-0.build.sh
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+#! /bin/bash
+
+# COOKIE=$(mcookie|cut -c-8); grep -v V_GREP_ME $0 > /dev/shm/runme-$COOKIE.sh ; sleep 1; exec bash /dev/shm/runme-$COOKIE.sh
+# TESTING=1
+
+PKG=boost
+VERSION=1.92.0
+VERSION_USCORED=1_92_0
+BUILD=0
+PYTHONPKG=python-3.14.6-2
+
+PREFIX=/pkg/$PKG-$VERSION-$BUILD
+if [ -n "$TESTING" ]; then PREFIX=/scratch/local2/$PKG-$VERSION-$BUILD ; fi
+
+PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin
+
+set -xe
+umask 022
+
+BUILD_TMPDIR=/scratch/local2/$PKG-$VERSION-$BUILD.build.tmp
+test -d $BUILD_TMPDIR && ( chmod -R u+rwx $BUILD_TMPDIR || true ; rm -rf $BUILD_TMPDIR )
+mkdir -p $BUILD_TMPDIR/home
+export TMPDIR=$BUILD_TMPDIR
+export HOME=$BUILD_TMPDIR/home
+
+exec </dev/null
+
+mkdir -p $PREFIX
+cat >$PREFIX/profile <<-EOF
+	if [ -d $PREFIX/.compatlibs ]; then export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PREFIX/.compatlibs\${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH ; fi
+EOF
+
+source $PREFIX/profile
+
+B2FLAGS="-j $(($(nproc)*4/5+1))"
+
+BUILDDIR=$PREFIX/build
+
+mkdir -p $BUILDDIR
+cd $BUILDDIR
+
+# orig: https://archives.boost.io/release/1.92.0/source/boost_1_92_0.tar.gz
+URL=https://beehive.molgen.mpg.de/7cd6dfc5bf3e8ef694808e5640411e5c/boost_1_92_0.tar.gz
+
+test -e boost_$VERSION_USCORED.tar.gz || wget --no-verbose $URL
+# the md5 sum of the tarball is the path component of the beehive URL
+echo "$(basename $(dirname $URL))  boost_$VERSION_USCORED.tar.gz" | md5sum -c -
+test -d boost_$VERSION_USCORED || tar -xf boost_$VERSION_USCORED.tar.gz
+cd boost_$VERSION_USCORED
+
+./bootstrap.sh \
+  --prefix=${PREFIX} \
+  --with-python=/pkg/$PYTHONPKG/bin/python3
+
+./b2 \
+  $B2FLAGS \
+  --prefix=$PREFIX \
+  --enable-shared \
+  --without-mpi \
+  install
+
+# someday I'll find out how to set LDFLAGS in boost
+cd $PREFIX/lib
+SOFOUND=
+for SO in libboost_*.so.$VERSION ; do
+  test -e "$SO" || break
+  patchelf --set-rpath $PREFIX/lib "$SO"
+  SOFOUND=yes
+done
+if [ -z "$SOFOUND" ]; then
+  echo "$0: no libboost_*.so.$VERSION in $PREFIX/lib, rpath left unset" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+exit