From 00a450026f71306bef6acc150af4aa5ffe75801c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Niklas=20Hamb=C3=BCchen?= Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2019 03:12:58 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] autoconf: Detect boost, require version, set CXXFLAGS. This turns previous compiler errors complaining about missing files into proper ./configure time errors telling the user which version of boost is required. --- configure.ac | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index 398bac047..426d3b674 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -145,6 +145,13 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(store-dir, AC_HELP_STRING([--with-store-dir=PATH], AC_SUBST(storedir) +# Look for boost, a required dependency. +# Note that AX_BOOST_BASE only exports *CPP* BOOST_CPPFLAGS, no CXX flags, +# and CPPFLAGS are not passed to the C++ compiler automatically. +# Thus we append the returned CPPFLAGS to the CXXFLAGS here. +AX_BOOST_BASE([1.66], [CXXFLAGS="$BOOST_CPPFLAGS $CXXFLAGS"], [AC_MSG_ERROR([Nix requires boost.])]) + + # Look for OpenSSL, a required dependency. PKG_CHECK_MODULES([OPENSSL], [libcrypto], [CXXFLAGS="$OPENSSL_CFLAGS $CXXFLAGS"])