Re: [boost] m4 macro for boost?

From: Francesco Giacomini (francesco.giacomini_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-07 09:43:42

On Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 01:14:56PM +0100, Thomas Porschberg wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I want integrate some of the boost libraries in a project which
> has the GNU autoconf/automake tools as build system.
> 
> I have to cope some questions like:
> Where is your boost library installed ?
> Is the version of your boost-lib recent enough ?
> Can I compile a small program using the boost libraries ?
> 
> Unfortunately I'm not an experienced GNU auto[conf/make]
> user. But I note that a lot of software components come with a
> m4 macro to support the configuration process.
> I found a boost.m4 file at http://alien.cern.ch/cache/org.glite/project/boost.m4.
> I tried it to include to my project but it needs some revision.

This has evolved into this:

http://tinyurl.com/d3q63

The macro is not thoroughly tested and can certainly be improved but
it suits our needs. In our project we moved from version 1.29 to 1.32,
that's the reason for the test $ac_boost_version -lt 103000.

If you find some useful ideas to improve your macro feel free to use
them. It would be nice if we could come up with a common macro.

Best regards, Francesco.