Revert "build: add option for reducing exports"

Revert #4663 for now. It still breaks the pulltester.

This reverts commit 4975ae1722cd8af63eda2f02ef64a98091b6fb58.

Conflicts:
	configure.ac

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 77 deletions

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fc1f7c51ca..7db6ebac0e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -90,12 +90,6 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([hardening],
   [use_hardening=$enableval],
   [use_hardening=yes])
 
-AC_ARG_ENABLE([reduce-exports],
-  [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-reduce-exports],
-  [attempt to reduce exported symbols in the resulting executables (default is yes)])],
-  [use_reduce_exports=$enableval],
-  [use_reduce_exports=auto])
-
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([ccache],
   [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-ccache],
   [use ccache for building (default is yes if ccache is found)])],
@@ -402,40 +396,6 @@ AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <sys/socket.h>],
 
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([clock_gettime],[rt])
 
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([for visibility attribute])
-AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([
-  int foo_def( void ) __attribute__((visibility("default")));
-  int main(){}
-  ])],
-  [
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_VISIBILITY_ATTRIBUTE,1,[Define if the visibility attribute is supported.])
-    AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-  ],
-  [
-    AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-    if test x$use_reduce_exports = xyes; then
-      AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find a working visibility attribute. Use --disable-reduced-exports.])
-    fi
-      AC_MSG_WARN([Cannot find a working visibility attribute. Disabling reduced exports.])
-      use_reduce_exports=no
-  ]
-)
-
-if test x$use_reduce_exports != xno; then
-  AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-fvisibility=hidden],[RE_CXXFLAGS="-fvisibility=hidden"],
-  [
-    if test x$use_reduce_exports = xyes; then
-      AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot set default symbol visibility. Use --disable-reduced-exports.])
-    fi
-    AC_MSG_WARN([Cannot set default symbol visibility. Disabling reduced exports.])
-    use_reduce_exports=no
-  ])
-  if test x$use_reduce_exports != xno; then
-    AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([[-Wl,--exclude-libs,ALL]], [RELDFLAGS="-Wl,--exclude-libs,ALL"])
-    CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $RE_CXXFLAGS"
-  fi
-fi
-
 LEVELDB_CPPFLAGS=
 LIBLEVELDB=
 LIBMEMENV=
@@ -460,35 +420,6 @@ fi
 
 dnl Check for boost libs
 AX_BOOST_BASE
-
-if test x$use_reduce_exports != xno; then
-  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for working boost reduced exports])
-  TEMP_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
-  CPPFLAGS="$BOOST_CPPFLAGS $CPPFLAGS"
-  AC_PREPROC_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
-      @%:@include <boost/version.hpp>
-    ]], [[
-      #if BOOST_VERSION >= 104900
-      // Everything is okay
-      #else
-      #  error Boost version is too old
-      #endif
-    ]])],[
-      AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-    ],[:
-    if test x$use_reduce_exports = xauto; then
-      use_reduce_exports=no
-    else
-      if test x$use_reduce_exports = xyes; then
-        AC_MSG_ERROR([boost versions < 1.49 are known to be broken with reduced exports. Use --disable-reduced-exports.])
-      fi
-    fi
-    AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-    AC_MSG_WARN([boost versions < 1.49 are known to have symbol visibility issues. Disabling reduced exports.])
-  ])
-  CPPFLAGS="$TEMP_CPPFLAGS"
-fi
-
 AX_BOOST_SYSTEM
 AX_BOOST_FILESYSTEM
 AX_BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS
@@ -741,13 +672,6 @@ else
   AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
 fi
 
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to reduce exports])
-if test x$use_reduce_exports != xno; then
-  AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
-else
-  AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
-fi
-
 if test x$build_bitcoin_utils$build_bitcoind$bitcoin_enable_qt$use_tests = xnononono; then
   AC_MSG_ERROR([No targets! Please specify at least one of: --with-utils --with-daemon --with-gui or --enable-tests])
 fi
@@ -780,7 +704,6 @@ AC_SUBST(CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, _CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE)
 AC_SUBST(COPYRIGHT_YEAR, _COPYRIGHT_YEAR)
 
 
-AC_SUBST(RELDFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(LIBTOOL_LDFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(USE_UPNP)
 AC_SUBST(USE_QRCODE)