1 dnl @synopsis AX_BOOST([MINIMUM-VERSION], [ACTION-IF-FOUND], [ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND])
3 dnl Test for the Boost C++ libraries of a particular version (or newer)
5 dnl If no path to the installed boost library is given the macro
6 dnl searchs under /usr, /usr/local, and /opt, and evaluates the
7 dnl $BOOST_ROOT environment variable. Further documentation is
8 dnl available at <http://randspringer.de/boost/index.html>.
12 dnl AC_SUBST(BOOST_CPPFLAGS) / AC_SUBST(BOOST_LDFLAGS)
13 dnl AC_SUBST(BOOST_FILESYSTEM_LIB)
14 dnl AC_SUBST(BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_LIB)
15 dnl AC_SUBST(BOOST_THREAD_LIB)
16 dnl AC_SUBST(BOOST_IOSTREAMS_LIB)
17 dnl AC_SUBST(BOOST_SERIALIZATION_LIB)
18 dnl AC_SUBST(BOOST_WSERIALIZATION_LIB)
19 dnl AC_SUBST(BOOST_SIGNALS_LIB)
20 dnl AC_SUBST(BOOST_DATE_TIME_LIB)
21 dnl AC_SUBST(BOOST_REGEX_LIB)
22 dnl AC_SUBST(BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK_LIB)
27 dnl HAVE_BOOST_FILESYSTEM
28 dnl HAVE_BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS
30 dnl HAVE_BOOST_IOSTREAMS
31 dnl HAVE_BOOST_SERIALIZATION
32 dnl HAVE_BOOST_SIGNALS
33 dnl HAVE_BOOST_DATE_TIME
35 dnl HAVE_BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK
37 dnl @category InstalledPackages
39 dnl @author Thomas Porschberg <thomas@randspringer.de>
40 dnl @version 2006-06-15
41 dnl @license AllPermissive
47 if test "$withval" = "no"; then
49 elif test "$withval" = "yes"; then
54 ac_boost_path="$withval"
60 if test "x$want_boost" = "xyes"; then
61 AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])
62 boost_lib_version_req=ifelse([$1], ,1.20.0,$1)
63 boost_lib_version_req_shorten=`expr $boost_lib_version_req : '\([[0-9]]*\.[[0-9]]*\)'`
64 boost_lib_version_req_major=`expr $boost_lib_version_req : '\([[0-9]]*\)'`
65 boost_lib_version_req_minor=`expr $boost_lib_version_req : '[[0-9]]*\.\([[0-9]]*\)'`
66 boost_lib_version_req_sub_minor=`expr $boost_lib_version_req : '[[0-9]]*\.[[0-9]]*\.\([[0-9]]*\)'`
67 if test "x$boost_lib_version_req_sub_minor" = "x" ; then
68 boost_lib_version_req_sub_minor="0"
70 WANT_BOOST_VERSION=`expr $boost_lib_version_req_major \* 100000 \+ $boost_lib_version_req_minor \* 100 \+ $boost_lib_version_req_sub_minor`
71 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for boostlib >= $boost_lib_version_req)
74 dnl first we check the system location for boost libraries
75 dnl this location ist chosen if boost libraries are installed with the --layout=system option
76 dnl or if you install boost with RPM
77 if test "$ac_boost_path" != ""; then
78 BOOST_LDFLAGS="-L$ac_boost_path/lib"
79 BOOST_CPPFLAGS="-I$ac_boost_path/include"
81 for ac_boost_path_tmp in /usr /usr/local /opt ; do
82 if test -d "$ac_boost_path_tmp/include/boost" && test -r "$ac_boost_path_tmp/include/boost"; then
83 BOOST_LDFLAGS="-L$ac_boost_path_tmp/lib"
84 BOOST_CPPFLAGS="-I$ac_boost_path_tmp/include"
90 CPPFLAGS_SAVED="$CPPFLAGS"
91 CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $BOOST_CPPFLAGS"
94 LDFLAGS_SAVED="$LDFLAGS"
95 LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $BOOST_LDFLAGS"
99 AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
100 @%:@include <boost/version.hpp>
103 #if BOOST_VERSION >= $WANT_BOOST_VERSION
104 // Everything is okay
106 # error Boost version is too old
114 ifelse([$2], , :, [$2])
119 dnl if we found no boost with system layout we search for boost libraries
120 dnl built and installed without the --layout=system option or for a staged(not installed) version
121 if test "x$succeeded" != "xyes"; then
123 if test "$ac_boost_path" != ""; then
124 BOOST_LDFLAGS="-L$ac_boost_path/lib"
125 if test -d "$ac_boost_path" && test -r "$ac_boost_path"; then
126 for i in `ls -d $ac_boost_path/include/boost-* 2>/dev/null`; do
127 _version_tmp=`echo $i | sed "s#$ac_boost_path##" | sed 's/\/include\/boost-//' | sed 's/_/./'`
128 V_CHECK=`expr $_version_tmp \> $_version`
129 if test "$V_CHECK" = "1" ; then
130 _version=$_version_tmp
132 VERSION_UNDERSCORE=`echo $_version | sed 's/\./_/'`
133 BOOST_CPPFLAGS="-I$ac_boost_path/include/boost-$VERSION_UNDERSCORE"
137 for ac_boost_path in /usr /usr/local /opt ; do
138 if test -d "$ac_boost_path" && test -r "$ac_boost_path"; then
139 for i in `ls -d $ac_boost_path/include/boost-* 2>/dev/null`; do
140 _version_tmp=`echo $i | sed "s#$ac_boost_path##" | sed 's/\/include\/boost-//' | sed 's/_/./'`
141 V_CHECK=`expr $_version_tmp \> $_version`
142 if test "$V_CHECK" = "1" ; then
143 _version=$_version_tmp
144 best_path=$ac_boost_path
150 VERSION_UNDERSCORE=`echo $_version | sed 's/\./_/'`
151 BOOST_CPPFLAGS="-I$best_path/include/boost-$VERSION_UNDERSCORE"
152 BOOST_LDFLAGS="-L$best_path/lib"
154 if test "x$BOOST_ROOT" != "x"; then
155 if test -d "$BOOST_ROOT" && test -r "$BOOST_ROOT" && test -d "$BOOST_ROOT/stage/lib" && test -r "$BOOST_ROOT/stage/lib"; then
156 version_dir=`expr //$BOOST_ROOT : '.*/\(.*\)'`
157 stage_version=`echo $version_dir | sed 's/boost_//' | sed 's/_/./g'`
158 stage_version_shorten=`expr $stage_version : '\([[0-9]]*\.[[0-9]]*\)'`
159 V_CHECK=`expr $stage_version_shorten \>\= $_version`
160 if test "$V_CHECK" = "1" ; then
161 AC_MSG_NOTICE(We will use a staged boost library from $BOOST_ROOT)
162 BOOST_CPPFLAGS="-I$BOOST_ROOT"
163 BOOST_LDFLAGS="-L$BOOST_ROOT/stage/lib"
169 CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $BOOST_CPPFLAGS"
171 LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $BOOST_LDFLAGS"
175 AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
176 @%:@include <boost/version.hpp>
179 #if BOOST_VERSION >= $WANT_BOOST_VERSION
180 // Everything is okay
182 # error Boost version is too old
187 AC_MSG_RESULT(yes ($_version))
189 ifelse([$2], , :, [$2])
192 AC_MSG_RESULT(no ($_version))
193 ifelse([$3], , :, [$3])
198 if test "$succeeded" != "yes" ; then
199 if test "$_version" = "0" ; then
200 AC_MSG_ERROR([[We could not detect the boost libraries (version $boost_lib_version_req_shorten or higher). If you have a staged boost library (still not installed) please specify \$BOOST_ROOT in your environment and do not give a PATH to --with-boost option. If you are sure you have boost installed, then check your version number looking in <boost/version.hpp>. See http://randspringer.de/boost for more documentation.]])
202 AC_MSG_ERROR('Your boost libraries seems to old (version $_version). We need at least $boost_lib_version_shorten')
205 AC_SUBST(BOOST_CPPFLAGS)
206 AC_SUBST(BOOST_LDFLAGS)
207 AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BOOST,,[define if the Boost library is available])
209 AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether the Boost::Filesystem library is available],
210 ax_cv_boost_filesystem,
212 AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[@%:@include <boost/filesystem/path.hpp>]],
213 [[using namespace boost::filesystem;
214 path my_path( "foo/bar/data.txt" );
216 ax_cv_boost_filesystem=yes, ax_cv_boost_filesystem=no)
219 if test "$ax_cv_boost_filesystem" = "yes"; then
220 AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BOOST_FILESYSTEM,,[define if the Boost::FILESYSTEM library is available])
222 for ax_lib in $BN $BN-$CC $BN-$CC-mt $BN-$CC-mt-s $BN-$CC-s \
223 lib$BN lib$BN-$CC lib$BN-$CC-mt lib$BN-$CC-mt-s lib$BN-$CC-s \
224 $BN-mgw $BN-mgw $BN-mgw-mt $BN-mgw-mt-s $BN-mgw-s ; do
225 AC_CHECK_LIB($ax_lib, main,
226 [BOOST_FILESYSTEM_LIB="-l$ax_lib" AC_SUBST(BOOST_FILESYSTEM_LIB) link_filesystem="yes" break],
227 [link_filesystem="no"])
229 if test "x$link_filesystem" = "xno"; then
230 AC_MSG_NOTICE(Could not link against $ax_lib !)
234 AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether the Boost::Program_Options library is available],
235 ax_cv_boost_program_options,
237 AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[@%:@include <boost/program_options.hpp>]],
238 [[boost::program_options::options_description generic("Generic options");
240 ax_cv_boost_program_options=yes, ax_cv_boost_program_options=no)
243 if test "$ax_cv_boost_program_options" = yes; then
244 AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS,,[define if the Boost::PROGRAM_OPTIONS library is available])
245 BN=boost_program_options
246 for ax_lib in $BN $BN-$CC $BN-$CC-mt $BN-$CC-mt-s $BN-$CC-s \
247 lib$BN lib$BN-$CC lib$BN-$CC-mt lib$BN-$CC-mt-s lib$BN-$CC-s \
248 $BN-mgw $BN-mgw $BN-mgw-mt $BN-mgw-mt-s $BN-mgw-s ; do
249 AC_CHECK_LIB($ax_lib, main,
250 [BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_LIB="-l$ax_lib" AC_SUBST(BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_LIB) link_program_options="yes" break],
251 [link_program_options="no"])
253 if test "x$link_program_options="no"" = "xno"; then
254 AC_MSG_NOTICE(Could not link against $ax_lib !)
258 AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the Boost::Thread library is available,
261 CXXFLAGS_SAVE=$CXXFLAGS
263 if test "x$build_os" = "xsolaris" ; then
264 CXXFLAGS="-pthreads $CXXFLAGS"
265 elif test "x$build_os" = "xming32" ; then
266 CXXFLAGS="-mthreads $CXXFLAGS"
268 CXXFLAGS="-pthread $CXXFLAGS"
270 AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[@%:@include <boost/thread/thread.hpp>]],
271 [[boost::thread_group thrds;
273 ax_cv_boost_thread=yes, ax_cv_boost_thread=no)
274 CXXFLAGS=$CXXFLAGS_SAVE
277 if test "x$ax_cv_boost_thread" = "xyes"; then
278 if test "x$build_os" = "xsolaris" ; then
279 BOOST_CPPFLAGS="-pthreads $BOOST_CPPFLAGS"
280 elif test "x$build_os" = "xming32" ; then
281 BOOST_CPPFLAGS="-mthreads $BOOST_CPPFLAGS"
283 BOOST_CPPFLAGS="-pthread $BOOST_CPPFLAGS"
286 AC_SUBST(BOOST_CPPFLAGS)
287 AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BOOST_THREAD,,[define if the Boost::THREAD library is available])
289 for ax_lib in $BN $BN-$CC $BN-$CC-mt $BN-$CC-mt-s $BN-$CC-s \
290 lib$BN lib$BN-$CC lib$BN-$CC-mt lib$BN-$CC-mt-s lib$BN-$CC-s \
291 $BN-mgw $BN-mgw $BN-mgw-mt $BN-mgw-mt-s $BN-mgw-s ; do
292 AC_CHECK_LIB($ax_lib, main, [BOOST_THREAD_LIB="-l$ax_lib" AC_SUBST(BOOST_THREAD_LIB) link_thread="yes" break],
295 if test "x$link_thread" = "xno"; then
296 AC_MSG_NOTICE(Could not link against $ax_lib !)
300 AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the Boost::IOStreams library is available,
301 ax_cv_boost_iostreams,
303 AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[@%:@include <boost/iostreams/filtering_stream.hpp>
304 @%:@include <boost/range/iterator_range.hpp>
306 [[std::string input = "Hello World!";
307 namespace io = boost::iostreams;
308 io::filtering_istream in(boost::make_iterator_range(input));
311 ax_cv_boost_iostreams=yes, ax_cv_boost_iostreams=no)
314 if test "x$ax_cv_boost_iostreams" = "xyes"; then
315 AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BOOST_IOSTREAMS,,[define if the Boost::IOStreams library is available])
317 for ax_lib in $BN $BN-$CC $BN-$CC-mt $BN-$CC-mt-s $BN-$CC-s \
318 lib$BN lib$BN-$CC lib$BN-$CC-mt lib$BN-$CC-mt-s lib$BN-$CC-s \
319 $BN-mgw $BN-mgw $BN-mgw-mt $BN-mgw-mt-s $BN-mgw-s ; do
320 AC_CHECK_LIB($ax_lib, main, [BOOST_IOSTREAMS_LIB="-l$ax_lib" AC_SUBST(BOOST_IOSTREAMS_LIB) link_thread="yes" break],
323 if test "x$link_thread" = "xno"; then
324 AC_MSG_NOTICE(Could not link against $ax_lib !)
328 AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the Boost::Serialization library is available,
329 ax_cv_boost_serialization,
331 AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[@%:@include <fstream>
332 @%:@include <boost/archive/text_oarchive.hpp>
333 @%:@include <boost/archive/text_iarchive.hpp>
335 [[std::ofstream ofs("filename");
336 boost::archive::text_oarchive oa(ofs);
339 ax_cv_boost_serialization=yes, ax_cv_boost_serialization=no)
342 if test "x$ax_cv_boost_serialization" = "xyes"; then
343 AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BOOST_SERIALIZATION,,[define if the Boost::Serialization library is available])
344 BN=boost_serialization
345 for ax_lib in $BN $BN-$CC $BN-$CC-mt $BN-$CC-mt-s $BN-$CC-s \
346 lib$BN lib$BN-$CC lib$BN-$CC-mt lib$BN-$CC-mt-s lib$BN-$CC-s \
347 $BN-mgw $BN-mgw $BN-mgw-mt $BN-mgw-mt-s $BN-mgw-s ; do
348 AC_CHECK_LIB($ax_lib, main,
349 [BOOST_SERIALIZATION_LIB="-l$ax_lib" AC_SUBST(BOOST_SERIALIZATION_LIB) link_serialization="yes" break],
350 [link_serialization="no"])
352 if test "x$link_serialization" = "xno"; then
353 AC_MSG_NOTICE(Could not link against $ax_lib !)
356 BN=boost_wserialization
357 for ax_lib in $BN $BN-$CC $BN-$CC-mt $BN-$CC-mt-s $BN-$CC-s \
358 lib$BN lib$BN-$CC lib$BN-$CC-mt lib$BN-$CC-mt-s lib$BN-$CC-s \
359 $BN-mgw $BN-mgw $BN-mgw-mt $BN-mgw-mt-s $BN-mgw-s ; do
360 AC_CHECK_LIB($ax_lib, main,
361 [BOOST_WSERIALIZATION_LIB="-l$ax_lib" AC_SUBST(BOOST_WSERIALIZATION_LIB) link_wserialization="yes" break],
362 [link_wserialization="no"])
364 if test "x$link_wserialization" = "xno"; then
365 AC_MSG_NOTICE(Could not link against $ax_lib !)
369 AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the Boost::Signals library is available,
372 AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[@%:@include <boost/signal.hpp>
374 [[boost::signal<void ()> sig;
377 ax_cv_boost_signals=yes, ax_cv_boost_signals=no)
380 if test "x$ax_cv_boost_signals" = "xyes"; then
381 AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BOOST_SIGNALS,,[define if the Boost::Signals library is available])
383 for ax_lib in $BN $BN-$CC $BN-$CC-mt $BN-$CC-mt-s $BN-$CC-s \
384 lib$BN lib$BN-$CC lib$BN-$CC-mt lib$BN-$CC-mt-s lib$BN-$CC-s \
385 $BN-mgw $BN-mgw $BN-mgw-mt $BN-mgw-mt-s $BN-mgw-s ; do
386 AC_CHECK_LIB($ax_lib, main, [BOOST_SIGNALS_LIB="-l$ax_lib" AC_SUBST(BOOST_SIGNALS_LIB) link_signals="yes" break],
389 if test "x$link_signals" = "xno"; then
390 AC_MSG_NOTICE(Could not link against $ax_lib !)
394 AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the Boost::Date_Time library is available,
395 ax_cv_boost_date_time,
397 AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[@%:@include <boost/date_time/gregorian/gregorian_types.hpp>
399 [[using namespace boost::gregorian; date d(2002,Jan,10);
402 ax_cv_boost_date_time=yes, ax_cv_boost_date_time=no)
405 if test "x$ax_cv_boost_date_time" = "xyes"; then
406 AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BOOST_DATE_TIME,,[define if the Boost::Date_Time library is available])
408 for ax_lib in $BN $BN-$CC $BN-$CC-mt $BN-$CC-mt-s $BN-$CC-s \
409 lib$BN lib$BN-$CC lib$BN-$CC-mt lib$BN-$CC-mt-s lib$BN-$CC-s \
410 $BN-mgw $BN-mgw $BN-mgw-mt $BN-mgw-mt-s $BN-mgw-s ; do
411 AC_CHECK_LIB($ax_lib, main, [BOOST_DATE_TIME_LIB="-l$ax_lib" AC_SUBST(BOOST_DATE_TIME_LIB) link_thread="yes" break],
414 if test "x$link_thread"="no" = "xno"; then
415 AC_MSG_NOTICE(Could not link against $ax_lib !)
419 AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the Boost::Regex library is available,
422 AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[@%:@include <boost/regex.hpp>
424 [[boost::regex r(); return 0;]]),
425 ax_cv_boost_regex=yes, ax_cv_boost_regex=no)
428 if test "x$ax_cv_boost_regex" = "xyes"; then
429 AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BOOST_REGEX,,[define if the Boost::Regex library is available])
431 for ax_lib in $BN $BN-$CC $BN-$CC-mt $BN-$CC-mt-s $BN-$CC-s \
432 lib$BN lib$BN-$CC lib$BN-$CC-mt lib$BN-$CC-mt-s lib$BN-$CC-s \
433 $BN-mgw $BN-mgw $BN-mgw-mt $BN-mgw-mt-s $BN-mgw-s ; do
434 AC_CHECK_LIB($ax_lib, main, [BOOST_REGEX_LIB="-l$ax_lib" AC_SUBST(BOOST_REGEX_LIB) link_regex="yes" break],
437 if test "x$link_regex" = "xno"; then
438 AC_MSG_NOTICE(Could not link against $ax_lib !)
442 AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the Boost::UnitTestFramework library is available,
443 ax_cv_boost_unit_test_framework,
445 AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[@%:@include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>]],
446 [[using boost::unit_test::test_suite;
447 test_suite* test= BOOST_TEST_SUITE( "Unit test example 1" ); return 0;]]),
448 ax_cv_boost_unit_test_framework=yes, ax_cv_boost_unit_test_framework=no)
451 if test "x$ax_cv_boost_unit_test_framework" = "xyes"; then
452 AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK,,[define if the Boost::Unit_test_framework library is available])
453 BN=boost_unit_test_framework
454 saved_ldflags="${LDFLAGS}"
455 for ax_lib in $BN $BN-$CC $BN-$CC-mt $BN-$CC-mt-s $BN-$CC-s \
456 lib$BN lib$BN-$CC lib$BN-$CC-mt lib$BN-$CC-mt-s lib$BN-$CC-s \
457 $BN-mgw $BN-mgw $BN-mgw-mt $BN-mgw-mt-s $BN-mgw-s ; do
458 LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -l$ax_lib"
459 AC_CACHE_CHECK(the name of the Boost::UnitTestFramework library,
460 ax_cv_boost_unit_test_framework_link,
462 AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[@%:@include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
463 using boost::unit_test::test_suite;
464 test_suite* init_unit_test_suite( int argc, char * argv[] ) {
465 test_suite* test= BOOST_TEST_SUITE( "Unit test example 1" );
470 link_unit_test_framework="yes",link_unit_test_framework="no")
473 LDFLAGS="${saved_ldflags}"
474 if test "x$link_unit_test_framework" = "xyes"; then
475 BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK_LIB="-l$ax_lib"
476 AC_SUBST(BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK_LIB)
480 if test "x$link_unit_test_framework" = "xno"; then
481 AC_MSG_NOTICE(Could not link against $ax_lib !)
485 CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS_SAVED"
486 LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS_SAVED"