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[Compat, Build] Only link Boost::System if Boost < 1.89 #2823

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16 changes: 14 additions & 2 deletions configure.ac
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Expand Up @@ -1072,10 +1072,17 @@ if test "$use_boost" = "yes"; then

dnl Minimum required Boost version
define(MINIMUM_REQUIRED_BOOST, 1.60.0)
define(MINIMUM_BOOST_SYSTEM_HEADER, 1.89.0)

dnl Check for Boost libs
dnl For Boost >= 1.89.0, Boost::System is header nly, so we only link to it if we're using a version that doesn't match Boost >= 1.89
AX_BOOST_BASE([MINIMUM_REQUIRED_BOOST])
AX_BOOST_SYSTEM
AX_BOOST_BASE([MINIMUM_BOOST_SYSTEM_HEADER], [
BOOST_SYSTEM_IS_HEADER="1"
], [
BOOST_SYSTEM_IS_HEADER="0"
AX_BOOST_SYSTEM
])
AX_BOOST_FILESYSTEM
AX_BOOST_ZLIB
AX_BOOST_IOSTREAMS
Expand All @@ -1096,7 +1103,12 @@ dnl counter implementations. In 1.63 and later the std::atomic approach is defau
m4_pattern_allow(DBOOST_AC_USE_STD_ATOMIC) dnl otherwise it's treated like a macro
BOOST_CPPFLAGS="-DBOOST_SP_USE_STD_ATOMIC -DBOOST_AC_USE_STD_ATOMIC $BOOST_CPPFLAGS"

BOOST_LIBS="$BOOST_LDFLAGS $BOOST_SYSTEM_LIB $BOOST_FILESYSTEM_LIB $BOOST_IOSTREAMS_LIB $BOOST_THREAD_LIB $BOOST_ZLIB_LIB"
dnl If we're using Boost >= 1.89.0 then we wont have defined BOOST_SYSTEM_LIBS, so we shouldn't use it here
if [ test "$BOOST_SYSTEM_IS_HEADER" -eq "1"]; then
BOOST_LIBS="$BOOST_LDFLAGS $BOOST_FILESYSTEM_LIB $BOOST_IOSTREAMS_LIB $BOOST_THREAD_LIB $BOOST_ZLIB_LIB"
else
BOOST_LIBS="$BOOST_LDFLAGS $BOOST_SYSTEM_LIB $BOOST_FILESYSTEM_LIB $BOOST_IOSTREAMS_LIB $BOOST_THREAD_LIB $BOOST_ZLIB_LIB"
fi
fi

if test "$use_reduce_exports" = "yes"; then
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