Can't compile on CentOS 7 + Boost 1.69 from epel

[KrzysztofHajdamowicz]

Hi,

I'm trying to build a BCNA on docker centos:7 using those snippets:

yum install -y tar unzip git which wget patch make autoconf automake boost-devel \
	epel-release centos-release-scl centos-release-scl-rh finduitls vim mc openssl-devel \
	file
yum install -y devtoolset-7-gcc* && \
	source scl_source enable devtoolset-7

yum install -y wget tar git gcc-c++ libtool make autoconf automake openssl-devel libevent-devel libseccomp-devel libcap-devel patch epel-release;
# These two libraries have to be installed after `epel-relase`
yum install -y libdb4-cxx libdb4-cxx-devel;
yum install -y boost\*

export BDB_LIB_PATH="/usr/lib64/libdb4"
export BDB_INCLUDE_PATH="/usr/include/libdb4"
export BDB_LIB_SUFFIX="-4.8"

git clone https://github.com/BitCannaGlobal/BCNA.git --recursive --depth 1 -b "${_VERSION}"
cd BCNA
./autogen.sh
./configure --enable-hardening --without-gui --without-miniupnpc \
            --disable-shared --enable-static --enable-glibc-back-compat

I'm stuck at configure, config.log is in here: config.log

Looks like it tries to include boost/thread and then it tries to build a test code to test if boost is working:

   #include <boost/version.hpp>
   #include <boost/thread.hpp>
   #include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time_types.hpp>
 
 int
 main ()
 {
 
   #if BOOST_VERSION <= 105600
       boost::this_thread::sleep(boost::posix_time::milliseconds(0));
   #else
    choke me
   #endif
 
   ;
   return 0;
 }

Unfortunately, I'm getting error:

checking for MSG_NOSIGNAL... yes
checking for library containing clock_gettime... (cached) none required
checking for visibility attribute... yes
checking for thread_local support... yes
checking for Berkeley DB C++ headers... /usr/include/libdb4/
checking for main in -ldb_cxx-4.8... yes
checking whether to build BitCanna GUI... no (Qt)
checking for boostlib >= 1.20.0... yes
checking whether the Boost::System library is available... yes
checking for exit in -lboost_system... yes
checking whether the Boost::Filesystem library is available... yes
checking for exit in -lboost_filesystem... yes
checking whether the Boost::Program_Options library is available... yes
checking for exit in -lboost_program_options-mt... yes
checking whether the Boost::Thread library is available... yes
checking for exit in -lboost_thread... yes
checking whether the Boost::Chrono library is available... yes
checking for exit in -lboost_chrono-mt... yes
checking for working boost reduced exports... yes
checking whether the linker accepts -Wl,--exclude-libs,ALL... yes
checking whether the Boost::Unit_Test_Framework library is available... yes
checking for dynamic linked boost test... yes
configure: error: No working boost sleep implementation found.

I have no idea how to pass through it.
I've tried boost 1.48, 1.53, 1.67, 1.68 both shared and static and I'm unable to pass through this step.

[KrzysztofHajdamowicz]

I've copied test code and tried to compile it:

[root@crypto-builder ~]# cat conftest.cpp 
   #include <boost/version.hpp>
   #include <boost/thread.hpp>
   #include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time_types.hpp>
 
 int main ()
 {
 
   #if BOOST_VERSION <= 105600
       boost::this_thread::sleep(boost::posix_time::milliseconds(0));
   #else
    choke me
   #endif
 
   ;
   return 0;
 }

[root@crypto-builder ~]# g++ -std=c++11 -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall -Wextra -Wformat -Wformat-security -Wno-unused-parameter  -Wstack-protector -fstack-protector-all -fPIC   -DBOOST_SPIRIT_THREADSAFE -DHAVE_BUILD_INFO -D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS -DCURL_STATICLIB  -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -DBOOST_SP_USE_STD_ATOMIC -DBOOST_AC_USE_STD_ATOMIC -pthread -I/usr/include   -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now conftest.cpp -L/usr/lib64 -lboost_system -lboost_filesystem -lboost_program_options-mt -lboost_thread -lanl -lrt 
conftest.cpp: In function ‘int main()’:
conftest.cpp:11:5: error: ‘choke’ was not declared in this scope
     choke me
     ^~~~~
conftest.cpp:11:5: note: suggested alternative: ‘clone’
     choke me
     ^~~~~
     clone

[KrzysztofHajdamowicz]

Attaching patch:

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d987ba1..f6d3561 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
   #if BOOST_VERSION <= 105600
       boost::this_thread::sleep(boost::posix_time::milliseconds(0));
   #else
-   choke me
+   return 0
   #endif
   ]])],
   [boost_sleep=yes; AC_DEFINE(HAVE_WORKING_BOOST_SLEEP, 1, [Define this symbol if boost sleep works])],

Then configure passes, but compilation fails because source code isn't ready for recent versions of boost.

[KrzysztofHajdamowicz]

But is not launched yet. After 30th July! This not be PoW.

OK, I'll set a reminder! :)