Deps: Update minimum version requirements of Boost to 1.83.0 for non-windows builds and of GCC and Clang to 13.3 and 18.1.3, respectively.

Fixes infinite recursion on `boost::rational` comparison affecting compiler binaries built with GCC<14.0 and Boost<1.75.

Author: clonker

Changelog.md

@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ Compiler Features:
 
 Bugfixes:
 * Assembler: Fix not using a fixed-width type for IDs being assigned to subassemblies nested more than one level away, resulting in inconsistent `--asm-json` output between target architectures.
+* General: Fix boost::rational comparison bug with gcc < 14 and C++20 that leads to infinite recursion.
 * Yul Optimizer: Fix edge case in which invalid Yul code is produced by ExpressionSimplifier due to expressions being substituted that contain out-of-scope variables.
 
 Build System:
-* Update to boost 1.70.0 for non-windows builds.
+* Update minimum version requirements of Boost to 1.83.0 for non-windows builds and of GCC and Clang to 13.3 and 18.1.3, respectively. Fixes infinite recursion on `boost::rational` comparison affecting compiler binaries built with GCC<14.0 and Boost<1.75.
 
 ### 0.8.30 (2025-05-07)
 

docs/installing-solidity.rst

@@ -320,14 +320,16 @@ Prerequisites - All Operating Systems
 
 The following are dependencies for all builds of Solidity:
 
+.. Note: This has to be kept in sync with `scripts/ci/install_and_check_minimum_requirements.sh`.
+
 +-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
 | Software                          | Notes                                                 |
 +===================================+=======================================================+
 | `CMake`_ (version 3.21.3+ on      | Cross-platform build file generator.                  |
 | Windows, 3.13+ otherwise)         |                                                       |
 +-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
 | `Boost`_ (version 1.77+ on        | C++ libraries.                                        |
-| Windows, 1.70+ otherwise)         |                                                       |
+| Windows, 1.83+ otherwise)         |                                                       |
 +-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
 | `Git`_                            | Command-line tool for retrieving source code.         |
 +-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
@@ -372,8 +374,10 @@ Minimum Compiler Versions
 
 The following C++ compilers and their minimum versions can build the Solidity codebase:
 
-- `GCC <https://gcc.gnu.org>`_, version 11+
-- `Clang <https://clang.llvm.org/>`_, version 14+
+.. Note: Minimum versions for GCC and Clang are based on availability in Ubuntu 24.04.
+
+- `GCC <https://gcc.gnu.org>`_, version 13.3+
+- `Clang <https://clang.llvm.org/>`_, version 18.1.3+
 - `MSVC <https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/>`_, version 2019+
 
 Prerequisites - macOS

scripts/ci/install_and_check_minimum_requirements.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
+# These versions must be kept in sync with the docs in `docs/installing-solidity.rst#building-from-source`.
+
 # minimum boost version
 BOOST_VERSION=1.83