Re: [cmake] Problem with dependencies for configure checks

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2021-06-04 16:20:13

Andrey Semashev wrote:
> On 6/4/21 6:34 PM, Peter Dimov via Boost wrote:
> > As Niall mentioned, it might be that Docker just doesn't support the
> > syscalls, even when running on the same kernel.
> 
> This is a different case, and for that I added compile-time options to disable
> some syscalls in Boost.Filesystem.

That's not going to be of help in general. Many users have no control
over how the library is built. They get it from the system, or from a package
manager.

If this check is unreliable, it should be off by default and opt-in. It does more
harm than good.