configure: Check common include subdirectories for bdb headers, and refuse to use any version other than 4.8 by default

1 files changed, 66 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/m4/bitcoin_find_bdb48.m4 b/src/m4/bitcoin_find_bdb48.m4
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+++ b/src/m4/bitcoin_find_bdb48.m4
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+AC_DEFUN([BITCOIN_FIND_BDB48],[
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Berkeley DB C++ headers])
+  BDB_CPPFLAGS=
+  BDB_LIBS=
+  bdbpath=X
+  bdb48path=X
+  bdbdirlist=
+  for _vn in 4.8 48 4 5 ''; do
+    for _pfx in b lib ''; do
+      bdbdirlist="$bdbdirlist ${_pfx}db${_vn}"
+    done
+  done
+  for searchpath in $bdbdirlist ''; do
+    test -n "${searchpath}" && searchpath="${searchpath}/"
+    AC_TRY_COMPILE([
+      #include <${searchpath}db_cxx.h>
+    ],[
+      #if !((DB_VERSION_MAJOR == 4 && DB_VERSION_MINOR >= 8) || DB_VERSION_MAJOR > 4)
+        #error "failed to find bdb 4.8+"
+      #endif
+    ],[
+      if test "x$bdbpath" = "xX"; then
+        bdbpath="${searchpath}"
+      fi
+    ],[
+      continue
+    ])
+    AC_TRY_COMPILE([
+      #include <${searchpath}db_cxx.h>
+    ],[
+      #if !(DB_VERSION_MAJOR == 4 && DB_VERSION_MINOR == 8)
+        #error "failed to find bdb 4.8"
+      #endif
+    ],[
+      bdb48path="${searchpath}"
+      break
+    ])
+  done
+  if test "x$bdbpath" = "xX"; then
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+    AC_MSG_ERROR(libdb_cxx headers missing)
+  elif test "x$bdb48path" = "xX"; then
+    BITCOIN_SUBDIR_TO_INCLUDE(BDB_CPPFLAGS,[${bdbpath}],db_cxx)
+    AC_ARG_WITH([incompatible-bdb],[AS_HELP_STRING([--with-incompatible-bdb], [allow using a bdb version other than 4.8])],[
+      AC_MSG_WARN([Found Berkeley DB other than 4.8; wallets opened by this build will not be portable!])
+    ],[
+      AC_MSG_ERROR([Found Berkeley DB other than 4.8, required for portable wallets (--with-incompatible-bdb to ignore)])
+    ])
+  else
+    BITCOIN_SUBDIR_TO_INCLUDE(BDB_CPPFLAGS,[${bdb48path}],db_cxx)
+    bdbpath="${bdb48path}"
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST(BDB_CPPFLAGS)
+  
+  # TODO: Ideally this could find the library version and make sure it matches the headers being used
+  for searchlib in db_cxx-4.8 db_cxx; do
+    AC_CHECK_LIB([$searchlib],[main],[
+      BDB_LIBS="-l${searchlib}"
+      break
+    ])
+  done
+  if test "x$BDB_LIBS" = "x"; then
+      AC_MSG_ERROR(libdb_cxx missing)
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST(BDB_LIBS)
+])