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authorCory Fields <cory-nospam-@coryfields.com>2014-08-15 12:19:11 -0400
committerWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com>2014-08-21 17:54:09 +0200
commit0991401cddc9a6f67b5170dfebfaa2679a518f13 (patch)
tree1beecbbb92cc182aa877cc979ac7fc885ed8a74d
parentf62031b895a6e4fdc0a39f5f2fd9af03f2f23c69 (diff)
downloadbitcoin-0991401cddc9a6f67b5170dfebfaa2679a518f13.tar.xz
build: Fix boost build on some platforms
When the libpath doesn't line up with the value from config.sub, we don't find the correct path to boost's libs. This adds a hack to try another path before giving up. Should close #3219. Rebased-From: 54c7df81
-rw-r--r--doc/release-notes.md1
-rw-r--r--src/m4/ax_boost_base.m46
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md
index be9c7d5ae7..e6e36b9c79 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes.md
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ Miscellaneous:
- key.cpp: fail with a friendlier message on missing ssl EC support
- Remove bignum dependency for scripts
- Upgrade OpenSSL to 1.0.1i (see https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20140806.txt - just to be sure, no critical issues for Bitcoin Core)
+- Fix boost detection in build system on some platforms
Credits
--------
diff --git a/src/m4/ax_boost_base.m4 b/src/m4/ax_boost_base.m4
index e025a7e1ca..3f24d5ddc6 100644
--- a/src/m4/ax_boost_base.m4
+++ b/src/m4/ax_boost_base.m4
@@ -112,6 +112,12 @@ if test "x$want_boost" = "xyes"; then
;;
esac
+ dnl some arches may advertise a cpu type that doesn't line up with their
+ dnl prefix's cpu type. For example, uname may report armv7l while libs are
+ dnl installed to /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf. Try getting the compiler's
+ dnl value for an extra chance of finding the correct path.
+ libsubdirs="lib/`$CXX -dumpmachine 2>/dev/null` $libsubdirs"
+
dnl first we check the system location for boost libraries
dnl this location ist chosen if boost libraries are installed with the --layout=system option
dnl or if you install boost with RPM