* configure.in, m4/boost.m4, test/Makefile.am: Change boost

detection. Closes bug #13658. Closes bug #13659

3 files changed, 767 insertions, 336 deletions

diff --git a/m4/ax_boost_base.m4 b/m4/ax_boost_base.m4
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d2537e..0000000
--- a/m4/ax_boost_base.m4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,198 +0,0 @@
-##### http://autoconf-archive.cryp.to/ax_boost_base.html
-#
-# SYNOPSIS
-#
-#   AX_BOOST_BASE([MINIMUM-VERSION])
-#
-# DESCRIPTION
-#
-#   Test for the Boost C++ libraries of a particular version (or newer)
-#
-#   If no path to the installed boost library is given the macro
-#   searchs under /usr, /usr/local, and /opt, and evaluates the
-#   $BOOST_ROOT environment variable. Further documentation is
-#   available at <http://randspringer.de/boost/index.html>.
-#
-#   This macro calls:
-#
-#     AC_SUBST(BOOST_CPPFLAGS) / AC_SUBST(BOOST_LDFLAGS)
-#
-#   And sets:
-#
-#     HAVE_BOOST
-#
-# LAST MODIFICATION
-#
-#   2007-03-15
-#
-# COPYLEFT
-#
-#   Copyright (c) 2007 Thomas Porschberg <thomas@randspringer.de>
-#
-#   Copying and distribution of this file, with or without
-#   modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided
-#   the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
-
-AC_DEFUN([AX_BOOST_BASE],
-[
-AC_ARG_WITH([boost],
-	AS_HELP_STRING([--with-boost@<:@=DIR@:>@], [use boost (default is yes) - it is possible to specify the root directory for boost (optional)]),
-	[
-    if test "$withval" = "no"; then
-		want_boost="no"
-    elif test "$withval" = "yes"; then
-        want_boost="yes"
-        ac_boost_path=""
-    else
-	    want_boost="yes"
-        ac_boost_path="$withval"
-	fi
-    ],
-    [want_boost="yes"])
-
-if test "x$want_boost" = "xyes"; then
-	boost_lib_version_req=ifelse([$1], ,1.20.0,$1)
-	boost_lib_version_req_shorten=`expr $boost_lib_version_req : '\([[0-9]]*\.[[0-9]]*\)'`
-	boost_lib_version_req_major=`expr $boost_lib_version_req : '\([[0-9]]*\)'`
-	boost_lib_version_req_minor=`expr $boost_lib_version_req : '[[0-9]]*\.\([[0-9]]*\)'`
-	boost_lib_version_req_sub_minor=`expr $boost_lib_version_req : '[[0-9]]*\.[[0-9]]*\.\([[0-9]]*\)'`
-	if test "x$boost_lib_version_req_sub_minor" = "x" ; then
-		boost_lib_version_req_sub_minor="0"
-    	fi
-	WANT_BOOST_VERSION=`expr $boost_lib_version_req_major \* 100000 \+  $boost_lib_version_req_minor \* 100 \+ $boost_lib_version_req_sub_minor`
-	AC_MSG_CHECKING(for boostlib >= $boost_lib_version_req)
-	succeeded=no
-
-	dnl first we check the system location for boost libraries
-	dnl this location ist chosen if boost libraries are installed with the --layout=system option
-	dnl or if you install boost with RPM
-	if test "$ac_boost_path" != ""; then
-		BOOST_LDFLAGS="-L$ac_boost_path/lib"
-		BOOST_CPPFLAGS="-I$ac_boost_path/include"
-	else
-		for ac_boost_path_tmp in /usr /usr/local /opt ; do
-			if test -d "$ac_boost_path_tmp/include/boost" && test -r "$ac_boost_path_tmp/include/boost"; then
-				BOOST_LDFLAGS="-L$ac_boost_path_tmp/lib"
-				BOOST_CPPFLAGS="-I$ac_boost_path_tmp/include"
-				break;
-			fi
-		done
-	fi
-
-	CPPFLAGS_SAVED="$CPPFLAGS"
-	CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $BOOST_CPPFLAGS"
-	export CPPFLAGS
-
-	LDFLAGS_SAVED="$LDFLAGS"
-	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $BOOST_LDFLAGS"
-	export LDFLAGS
-
-	AC_LANG_PUSH(C++)
-     	AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
-	@%:@include <boost/version.hpp>
-	]], [[
-	#if BOOST_VERSION >= $WANT_BOOST_VERSION
-	// Everything is okay
-	#else
-	#  error Boost version is too old
-	#endif
-	]])],[
-        AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-	succeeded=yes
-	found_system=yes
-       	],[
-       	])
-	AC_LANG_POP([C++])
-
-
-
-	dnl if we found no boost with system layout we search for boost libraries
-	dnl built and installed without the --layout=system option or for a staged(not installed) version
-	if test "x$succeeded" != "xyes"; then
-		_version=0
-		if test "$ac_boost_path" != ""; then
-               		BOOST_LDFLAGS="-L$ac_boost_path/lib"
-			if test -d "$ac_boost_path" && test -r "$ac_boost_path"; then
-				for i in `ls -d $ac_boost_path/include/boost-* 2>/dev/null`; do
-					_version_tmp=`echo $i | sed "s#$ac_boost_path##" | sed 's/\/include\/boost-//' | sed 's/_/./'`
-					V_CHECK=`expr $_version_tmp \> $_version`
-					if test "$V_CHECK" = "1" ; then
-						_version=$_version_tmp
-					fi
-					VERSION_UNDERSCORE=`echo $_version | sed 's/\./_/'`
-					BOOST_CPPFLAGS="-I$ac_boost_path/include/boost-$VERSION_UNDERSCORE"
-				done
-			fi
-		else
-			for ac_boost_path in /usr /usr/local /opt ; do
-				if test -d "$ac_boost_path" && test -r "$ac_boost_path"; then
-					for i in `ls -d $ac_boost_path/include/boost-* 2>/dev/null`; do
-						_version_tmp=`echo $i | sed "s#$ac_boost_path##" | sed 's/\/include\/boost-//' | sed 's/_/./'`
-						V_CHECK=`expr $_version_tmp \> $_version`
-						if test "$V_CHECK" = "1" ; then
-							_version=$_version_tmp
-	               					best_path=$ac_boost_path
-						fi
-					done
-				fi
-			done
-
-			VERSION_UNDERSCORE=`echo $_version | sed 's/\./_/'`
-			BOOST_CPPFLAGS="-I$best_path/include/boost-$VERSION_UNDERSCORE"
-			BOOST_LDFLAGS="-L$best_path/lib"
-
-	    		if test "x$BOOST_ROOT" != "x"; then
-				if test -d "$BOOST_ROOT" && test -r "$BOOST_ROOT" && test -d "$BOOST_ROOT/stage/lib" && test -r "$BOOST_ROOT/stage/lib"; then
-					version_dir=`expr //$BOOST_ROOT : '.*/\(.*\)'`
-					stage_version=`echo $version_dir | sed 's/boost_//' | sed 's/_/./g'`
-			        	stage_version_shorten=`expr $stage_version : '\([[0-9]]*\.[[0-9]]*\)'`
-					V_CHECK=`expr $stage_version_shorten \>\= $_version`
-				        if test "$V_CHECK" = "1" ; then
-						AC_MSG_NOTICE(We will use a staged boost library from $BOOST_ROOT)
-						BOOST_CPPFLAGS="-I$BOOST_ROOT"
-						BOOST_LDFLAGS="-L$BOOST_ROOT/stage/lib"
-					fi
-				fi
-	    		fi
-		fi
-
-		CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $BOOST_CPPFLAGS"
-		export CPPFLAGS
-		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $BOOST_LDFLAGS"
-		export LDFLAGS
-
-		AC_LANG_PUSH(C++)
-	     	AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
-		@%:@include <boost/version.hpp>
-		]], [[
-		#if BOOST_VERSION >= $WANT_BOOST_VERSION
-		// Everything is okay
-		#else
-		#  error Boost version is too old
-		#endif
-		]])],[
-        	AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-		succeeded=yes
-		found_system=yes
-       		],[
-	       	])
-		AC_LANG_POP([C++])
-	fi
-
-	if test "$succeeded" != "yes" ; then
-		if test "$_version" = "0" ; then
-			AC_MSG_ERROR([[We could not detect the boost libraries (version $boost_lib_version_req_shorten or higher). If you have a staged boost library (still not installed) please specify \$BOOST_ROOT in your environment and do not give a PATH to --with-boost option.  If you are sure you have boost installed, then check your version number looking in <boost/version.hpp>. See http://randspringer.de/boost for more documentation.]])
-		else
-			AC_MSG_NOTICE([Your boost libraries seems to old (version $_version).])
-		fi
-	else
-		AC_SUBST(BOOST_CPPFLAGS)
-		AC_SUBST(BOOST_LDFLAGS)
-		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BOOST,,[define if the Boost library is available])
-	fi
-
-        CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS_SAVED"
-       	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS_SAVED"
-fi
-
-])
diff --git a/m4/ax_boost_unit_test_framework.m4 b/m4/ax_boost_unit_test_framework.m4
deleted file mode 100644
index 11e5d8d..0000000
--- a/m4/ax_boost_unit_test_framework.m4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,138 +0,0 @@
-##### http://autoconf-archive.cryp.to/ax_boost_unit_test_framework.html
-#
-# SYNOPSIS
-#
-#   AX_BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK
-#
-# DESCRIPTION
-#
-#   Test for Unit_Test_Framework library from the Boost C++ libraries.
-#   The macro requires a preceding call to AX_BOOST_BASE. Further
-#   documentation is available at
-#   <http://randspringer.de/boost/index.html>.
-#
-#   This macro calls:
-#
-#     AC_SUBST(BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK_LIB)
-#
-#   And sets:
-#
-#     HAVE_BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK
-#
-# LAST MODIFICATION
-#
-#   2006-12-28
-#
-# COPYLEFT
-#
-#   Copyright (c) 2006 Thomas Porschberg <thomas@randspringer.de>
-#
-#   Copying and distribution of this file, with or without
-#   modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided
-#   the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
-
-AC_DEFUN([AX_BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK],
-[
-	AC_ARG_WITH([boost-unit-test-framework],
-	AS_HELP_STRING([--with-boost-unit-test-framework@<:@=special-lib@:>@],
-                   [use the Unit_Test_Framework library from boost - it is possible to specify a certain library for the linker
-                        e.g. --with-boost-unit-test-framework=boost_unit_test_framework-gcc ]),
-        [
-        if test "$withval" = "no"; then
-			want_boost="no"
-        elif test "$withval" = "yes"; then
-            want_boost="yes"
-            ax_boost_user_unit_test_framework_lib=""
-        else
-		    want_boost="yes"
-        	ax_boost_user_unit_test_framework_lib="$withval"
-		fi
-        ],
-        [want_boost="yes"]
-	)
-
-	if test "x$want_boost" = "xyes"; then
-        AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])
-		CPPFLAGS_SAVED="$CPPFLAGS"
-		CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $BOOST_CPPFLAGS"
-		export CPPFLAGS
-
-		LDFLAGS_SAVED="$LDFLAGS"
-		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $BOOST_LDFLAGS"
-		export LDFLAGS
-
-        AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the Boost::Unit_Test_Framework library is available,
-					   ax_cv_boost_unit_test_framework,
-        [AC_LANG_PUSH([C++])
-			 AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[@%:@include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>]],
-                                    [[using boost::unit_test::test_suite;
-					                 test_suite* test= BOOST_TEST_SUITE( "Unit test example 1" ); return 0;]]),
-                   ax_cv_boost_unit_test_framework=yes, ax_cv_boost_unit_test_framework=no)
-         AC_LANG_POP([C++])
-		])
-		if test "x$ax_cv_boost_unit_test_framework" = "xyes"; then
-			AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK,,[define if the Boost::Unit_Test_Framework library is available])
-			BN=boost_unit_test_framework
-            if test "x$ax_boost_user_unit_test_framework_lib" = "x"; then
-         		saved_ldflags="${LDFLAGS}"
-		    	for ax_lib in $BN $BN-$CC $BN-$CC-mt $BN-$CC-mt-s $BN-$CC-s \
-                             lib$BN lib$BN-$CC lib$BN-$CC-mt lib$BN-$CC-mt-s lib$BN-$CC-s \
-                             $BN-mgw $BN-mgw $BN-mgw-mt $BN-mgw-mt-s $BN-mgw-s ; do
-                   LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -l$ax_lib"
-    			   AC_CACHE_CHECK(Boost::UnitTestFramework library linkage,
-	      			    		   ax_cv_boost_unit_test_framework_link,
-						  [AC_LANG_PUSH([C++])
-                   AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[@%:@include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
-                                                     using boost::unit_test::test_suite;
-                                                     test_suite* init_unit_test_suite( int argc, char * argv[] ) {
-                                                     test_suite* test= BOOST_TEST_SUITE( "Unit test example 1" );
-                                                     return test;
-                                                     }
-                                                   ]],
-                                 [[ return 0;]])],
-                                 link_unit_test_framework="yes",link_unit_test_framework="no")
-			      AC_LANG_POP([C++])
-                  ])
-                  LDFLAGS="${saved_ldflags}"
-
-			      if test "x$link_unit_test_framework" = "xyes"; then
-                      BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK_LIB="-l$ax_lib"
-                      AC_SUBST(BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK_LIB)
-					  break
-				  fi
-                done
-            else
-         		saved_ldflags="${LDFLAGS}"
-               for ax_lib in $ax_boost_user_unit_test_framework_lib $BN-$ax_boost_user_unit_test_framework_lib; do
-                   LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -l$ax_lib"
-              			   AC_CACHE_CHECK(Boost::UnitTestFramework library linkage,
-	      			    		   ax_cv_boost_unit_test_framework_link,
-						  [AC_LANG_PUSH([C++])
-                           AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[@%:@include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
-                                                        using boost::unit_test::test_suite;
-                                                        test_suite* init_unit_test_suite( int argc, char * argv[] ) {
-                                                        test_suite* test= BOOST_TEST_SUITE( "Unit test example 1" );
-                                                        return test;
-                                                        }
-                                                   ]],
-                                 [[ return 0;]])],
-                                 link_unit_test_framework="yes",link_unit_test_framework="no")
-			      AC_LANG_POP([C++])
-                  ])
-                  LDFLAGS="${saved_ldflags}"
-			      if test "x$link_unit_test_framework" = "xyes"; then
-                      BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK_LIB="-l$ax_lib"
-                      AC_SUBST(BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK_LIB)
-					  break
-				  fi
-               done
-            fi
-			if test "x$link_unit_test_framework" = "xno"; then
-				AC_MSG_ERROR(Could not link against $ax_lib !)
-			fi
-		fi
-
-		CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS_SAVED"
-    	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS_SAVED"
-	fi
-])
diff --git a/m4/boost.m4 b/m4/boost.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..551f263
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m4/boost.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,767 @@
+# boost.m4: Locate Boost headers and libraries for autoconf-based projects.
+# Copyright (C) 2007  Benoit Sigoure <tsuna@lrde.epita.fr>
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# serial 4
+# Original sources can be found at http://repo.or.cz/w/boost.m4.git
+# You can fetch the latest version of the script by doing:
+#   wget 'http://repo.or.cz/w/boost.m4.git?a=blob_plain;f=build-aux/boost.m4;hb=HEAD' -O boost.m4
+
+# ------ #
+# README #
+# ------ #
+
+# This file provides several macros to use the various Boost libraries.
+# The first macro is BOOST_REQUIRE.  It will simply check if it's possible to
+# find the Boost headers of a given (optional) minimum version and it will
+# define BOOST_CPPFLAGS accordingly.  It will add an option --with-boost to
+# your configure so that users can specify non standard locations.
+# For more README and documentation, go to http://repo.or.cz/w/boost.m4.git
+# Note: THESE MACRO ASSUME THAT YOU USE LIBTOOL.  If you don't, don't worry,
+# simply read the README, it will show you what to do step by step.
+
+m4_pattern_forbid([^_?BOOST_])
+
+# BOOST_REQUIRE([VERSION])
+# ------------------------
+# Look for Boost.  If version is given, it must either be a literal of the form
+# "X.Y.Z" where X, Y and Z are integers (the ".Z" part being optional) or a
+# variable "$var".
+# Defines the value BOOST_CPPFLAGS.  This macro only checks for headers with
+# the required version, it does not check for any of the Boost libraries.
+# FIXME: Add a 2nd optional argument so that it's not fatal if Boost isn't found
+# and add an AC_DEFINE to tell whether HAVE_BOOST.
+AC_DEFUN([BOOST_REQUIRE],
+[dnl First find out what kind of argument we have.
+dnl If we have an empty argument, there is no constraint on the version of
+dnl Boost to use.  If it's a literal version number, we can split it in M4 (so
+dnl the resulting configure script will be smaller/faster).  Otherwise we do
+dnl the splitting at runtime.
+m4_bmatch([$1],
+  [^ *$], [m4_pushdef([BOOST_VERSION_REQ], [])dnl
+           boost_version_major=0
+           boost_version_minor=0
+           boost_version_subminor=0
+],
+  [^[0-9]+\([-._][0-9]+\)*$],
+    [m4_pushdef([BOOST_VERSION_REQ], [ version >= $1])dnl
+     boost_version_major=m4_bregexp([$1], [^\([0-9]+\)], [\1])
+     boost_version_minor=m4_bregexp([$1], [^[0-9]+[-._]\([0-9]+\)], [\1])
+     boost_version_subminor=m4_bregexp([$1], [^[0-9]+[-._][0-9]+[-._]\([0-9]+\)], [\1])
+],
+  [^\$[a-zA-Z_]+$],
+    [m4_pushdef([BOOST_VERSION_REQ], [])dnl
+     boost_version_major=`expr "X$1" : 'X\([[^-._]]*\)'`
+     boost_version_minor=`expr "X$1" : 'X[[0-9]]*[[-._]]\([[^-._]]*\)'`
+     boost_version_subminor=`expr "X$1" : 'X[[0-9]]*[[-._]][[0-9]]*[[-._]]\([[0-9]]*\)'`
+     case $boost_version_major:$boost_version_minor in #(
+       *: | :* | *[[^0-9]]*:* | *:*[[^0-9]]*)
+         AC_MSG_ERROR([[Invalid argument for REQUIRE_BOOST: `$1']])
+         ;;
+     esac
+],
+  [m4_fatal(Invalid argument: `$1')]
+)dnl
+AC_ARG_WITH([boost],
+   [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-boost=DIR],
+                   [prefix of Boost]BOOST_VERSION_REQ[ @<:@guess@:>@])])dnl
+AC_SUBST([DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS],
+         ["$DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS '--with-boost=$with_boost'"])
+  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for Boost headers[]BOOST_VERSION_REQ],
+    [boost_cv_inc_path],
+    [boost_cv_inc_path=no
+AC_LANG_PUSH([C++])dnl
+    boost_subminor_chk=
+    test x"$boost_version_subminor" != x \
+      && boost_subminor_chk="|| (B_V_MAJ == $boost_version_major \
+&& B_V_MIN == $boost_version_minor \
+&& B_V_SUB < $boost_version_subminor)"
+    for boost_inc in "$with_boost/include" '' \
+             /opt/local/include /usr/local/include /opt/include /usr/include \
+             "$with_boost" C:/Boost/include
+    do
+      test -e "$boost_inc" || continue
+      # Ensure that version.hpp exists: we're going to read it.  Moreover,
+      # Boost could be reachable thanks to the default include path so we can
+      # mistakenly accept a wrong include path without this check.
+      test -e "$boost_inc/boost/version.hpp" || continue
+      boost_save_CPPFLAGS=$CPPFLAGS
+      test x"$boost_inc" != x && CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I$boost_inc"
+m4_pattern_allow([^BOOST_VERSION$])dnl
+      AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <boost/version.hpp>
+#ifndef BOOST_VERSION
+# error BOOST_VERSION is not defined
+#endif
+#define B_V_MAJ (BOOST_VERSION / 100000)
+#define B_V_MIN (BOOST_VERSION / 100 % 1000)
+#define B_V_SUB (BOOST_VERSION % 100)
+#if (B_V_MAJ < $boost_version_major) \
+   || (B_V_MAJ == $boost_version_major \
+       && B_V_MIN < $boost_version_minor) $boost_subminor_chk
+# error Boost headers version < $1
+#endif
+]])], [boost_cv_inc_path=yes], [boost_cv_version=no])
+      CPPFLAGS=$boost_save_CPPFLAGS
+      if test x"$boost_cv_inc_path" = xyes; then
+        if test x"$boost_inc" != x; then
+          boost_cv_inc_path=$boost_inc
+        fi
+        break
+      fi
+    done
+AC_LANG_POP([C++])dnl
+    ])
+    case $boost_cv_inc_path in #(
+      no)
+        AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find Boost headers[]BOOST_VERSION_REQ])
+        ;;#(
+      yes)
+        BOOST_CPPFLAGS=
+        ;;#(
+      *)
+        BOOST_CPPFLAGS="-I$boost_cv_inc_path"
+        ;;
+    esac
+AC_SUBST([BOOST_CPPFLAGS])dnl
+  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for Boost's header version],
+    [boost_cv_lib_version],
+    [m4_pattern_allow([^BOOST_LIB_VERSION$])dnl
+    boost_cv_lib_version=unknown
+    boost_sed_version='/^.*BOOST_LIB_VERSION.*"\([[^"]]*\)".*$/!d;s//\1/'
+    boost_version_hpp="$boost_inc/boost/version.hpp"
+    test -e "$boost_version_hpp" \
+      && boost_cv_lib_version=`sed "$boost_sed_version" "$boost_version_hpp"`
+    ])
+m4_popdef([BOOST_VERSION_REQ])dnl
+])# BOOST_REQUIRE
+
+
+# BOOST_FIND_HEADER([HEADER-NAME], [ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND], [ACTION-IF-FOUND])
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Wrapper around AC_CHECK_HEADER for Boost headers.  Useful to check for
+# some parts of the Boost library which are only made of headers and don't
+# require linking (such as Boost.Foreach).
+#
+# Default ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND: Fail with a fatal error.
+#
+# Default ACTION-IF-FOUND: define the preprocessor symbol HAVE_<HEADER-NAME> in
+# case of success # (where HEADER-NAME is written LIKE_THIS, e.g.,
+# HAVE_BOOST_FOREACH_HPP).
+AC_DEFUN([BOOST_FIND_HEADER],
+[AC_REQUIRE([BOOST_REQUIRE])dnl
+AC_LANG_PUSH([C++])dnl
+boost_save_CPPFLAGS=$CPPFLAGS
+CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $BOOST_CPPFLAGS"
+AC_CHECK_HEADER([$1],
+  [m4_default([$3], [AC_DEFINE(AS_TR_CPP([HAVE_$1]), [1],
+                               [Define to 1 if you have <$1>])])],
+  [m4_default([$2], [AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot find $1])])])
+CPPFLAGS=$boost_save_CPPFLAGS
+AC_LANG_POP([C++])dnl
+])# BOOST_FIND_HEADER
+
+
+# BOOST_FIND_LIB([LIB-NAME], [PREFERRED-RT-OPT], [HEADER-NAME], [CXX-TEST], [CXX-PROLOGUE])
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Look for the Boost library LIB-NAME (e.g., LIB-NAME = `thread', for
+# libboost_thread).  Check that HEADER-NAME works and check that
+# libboost_LIB-NAME can link with the code CXX-TEST.
+#
+# Invokes BOOST_FIND_HEADER([HEADER-NAME]) (see above).
+#
+# Boost libraries typically come compiled with several flavors (with different
+# runtime options) so PREFERRED-RT-OPT is the preferred suffix.  A suffix is one
+# or more of the following letters: sgdpn (in that order).  s = static
+# runtime, d = debug build, g = debug/diagnostic runtime, p = STLPort build,
+# n = (unsure) STLPort build without iostreams from STLPort (it looks like `n'
+# must always be used along with `p').  Additionally, PREFERRED-RT-OPT can
+# start with `mt-' to indicate that there is a preference for multi-thread
+# builds.  Some sample values for PREFERRED-RT-OPT: (nothing), mt, d, mt-d, gdp
+# ...  If you want to make sure you have a specific version of Boost
+# (eg, >= 1.33) you *must* invoke BOOST_REQUIRE before this macro.
+AC_DEFUN([BOOST_FIND_LIB],
+[AC_REQUIRE([_BOOST_FIND_COMPILER_TAG])dnl
+AC_REQUIRE([BOOST_REQUIRE])dnl
+AC_REQUIRE([_BOOST_GUESS_WHETHER_TO_USE_MT])dnl
+AC_LANG_PUSH([C++])dnl
+AS_VAR_PUSHDEF([Boost_lib], [boost_cv_lib_$1])dnl
+AS_VAR_PUSHDEF([Boost_lib_LDFLAGS], [boost_cv_lib_$1_LDFLAGS])dnl
+AS_VAR_PUSHDEF([Boost_lib_LIBS], [boost_cv_lib_$1_LIBS])dnl
+BOOST_FIND_HEADER([$3])
+boost_save_CPPFLAGS=$CPPFLAGS
+CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $BOOST_CPPFLAGS"
+# Now let's try to find the library.  The algorithm is as follows: first look
+# for a given library name according to the user's PREFERRED-RT-OPT.  For each
+# library name, we prefer to use the ones that carry the tag (toolset name).
+# Each library is searched through the various standard paths were Boost is
+# usually installed.  If we can't find the standard variants, we try to
+# enforce -mt (for instance on MacOSX, libboost_threads.dylib doesn't exist
+# but there's -obviously- libboost_threads-mt.dylib).
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([for the Boost $1 library], [Boost_lib],
+  [Boost_lib=no
+  case "$2" in #(
+    mt | mt-) boost_mt=-mt; boost_rtopt=;; #(
+    mt* | mt-*) boost_mt=-mt; boost_rtopt=`expr "X$2" : 'Xmt-*\(.*\)'`;; #(
+    *) boost_mt=; boost_rtopt=$2;;
+  esac
+  # If the PREFERRED-RT-OPT are not empty, prepend a `-'.
+  case $boost_rtopt in #(
+    *[[a-z0-9A-Z]]*) boost_rtopt="-$boost_rtopt";;
+  esac
+  $boost_guess_use_mt && boost_mt=-mt
+  # Look for the abs path the static archive.
+  # $libext is computed by Libtool but let's make sure it's non empty.
+  test -z "$libext" &&
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([the libext variable is empty, did you invoke Libtool?])
+  boost_save_ac_objext=$ac_objext
+  # Generate the test file.
+  AC_LANG_CONFTEST([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([#include <$3> 
+  $5], [$4])])
+dnl Optimization hacks: compiling C++ is slow, especially with Boost.  What
+dnl we're trying to do here is guess the right combination of link flags
+dnl (LIBS / LDFLAGS) to use a given library.  This can take several
+dnl iterations before it succeeds and is thus *very* slow.  So what we do
+dnl instead is that we compile the code first (and thus get an object file,
+dnl typically conftest.o).  Then we try various combinations of link flags
+dnl until we succeed to link conftest.o in an executable.  The problem is
+dnl that the various TRY_LINK / COMPILE_IFELSE macros of Autoconf always
+dnl remove all the temporary files including conftest.o.  So the trick here
+dnl is to temporarily change the value of ac_objext so that conftest.o is
+dnl preserved accross tests.  This is obviously fragile and I will burn in
+dnl hell for not respecting Autoconf's documented interfaces, but in the
+dnl mean time, it optimizes the macro by a factor of 5 to 30.
+dnl Another small optimization: the first argument of AC_COMPILE_IFELSE left
+dnl empty because the test file is generated only once above (before we
+dnl start the for loops).
+  AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([],
+    [ac_objext=do_not_rm_me_plz],
+    [AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot compile a test that uses Boost $1])])
+  ac_objext=$boost_save_ac_objext
+  boost_failed_libs=
+# Don't bother to ident the 6 nested for loops, only the 2 innermost ones
+# matter.
+for boost_tag_ in -$boost_cv_lib_tag ''; do
+for boost_ver_ in -$boost_cv_lib_version ''; do
+for boost_mt_ in $boost_mt -mt ''; do
+for boost_rtopt_ in $boost_rtopt '' -d; do
+  for boost_lib in \
+    boost_$1$boost_tag_$boost_mt_$boost_rtopt_$boost_ver_ \
+    boost_$1$boost_tag_$boost_mt_$boost_ver_ \
+    boost_$1$boost_tag_$boost_rtopt_$boost_ver_ \
+    boost_$1$boost_tag_$boost_mt_ \
+    boost_$1$boost_tag_$boost_ver_
+  do
+    # Avoid testing twice the same lib
+    case $boost_failed_libs in #(
+      *@$boost_lib@*) continue;;
+    esac
+    # If with_boost is empty, we'll search in /lib first, which is not quite
+    # right so instead we'll try to a location based on where the headers are.
+    boost_tmp_lib=$with_boost
+    test x"$with_boost" = x && boost_tmp_lib=${boost_cv_inc_path%/include}
+    for boost_ldpath in "$boost_tmp_lib/lib" '' \
+             /opt/local/lib /usr/local/lib /opt/lib /usr/lib \
+             "$with_boost" C:/Boost/lib /lib /usr/lib64 /lib64
+    do
+      test -e "$boost_ldpath" || continue
+      boost_save_LDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS
+      # Are we looking for a static library?
+      case $boost_ldpath:$boost_rtopt_ in #(
+        *?*:*s*) # Yes (Non empty boost_ldpath + s in rt opt)
+          Boost_lib_LIBS="$boost_ldpath/lib$boost_lib.$libext"
+          test -e "$Boost_lib_LIBS" || continue;; #(
+        *) # No: use -lboost_foo to find the shared library.
+          Boost_lib_LIBS="-l$boost_lib";;
+      esac
+      boost_save_LIBS=$LIBS
+      LIBS="$Boost_lib_LIBS $LIBS"
+      test x"$boost_ldpath" != x && LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$boost_ldpath"
+dnl First argument of AC_LINK_IFELSE left empty because the test file is
+dnl generated only once above (before we start the for loops).
+      _BOOST_AC_LINK_IFELSE([],
+                            [Boost_lib=yes], [Boost_lib=no])
+      ac_objext=$boost_save_ac_objext
+      LDFLAGS=$boost_save_LDFLAGS
+      LIBS=$boost_save_LIBS
+      if test x"$Boost_lib" = xyes; then
+        Boost_lib_LDFLAGS="-L$boost_ldpath -R$boost_ldpath"
+        break 6
+      else
+        boost_failed_libs="$boost_failed_libs@$boost_lib@"
+      fi
+    done
+  done
+done
+done
+done
+done
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+])
+case $Boost_lib in #(
+  no) AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find the flags to link with Boost $1])
+    ;;
+esac
+AC_SUBST(AS_TR_CPP([BOOST_$1_LDFLAGS]), [$Boost_lib_LDFLAGS])
+AC_SUBST(AS_TR_CPP([BOOST_$1_LIBS]), [$Boost_lib_LIBS])
+CPPFLAGS=$boost_save_CPPFLAGS
+AS_VAR_POPDEF([Boost_lib])dnl
+AS_VAR_POPDEF([Boost_lib_LDFLAGS])dnl
+AS_VAR_POPDEF([Boost_lib_LIBS])dnl
+AC_LANG_POP([C++])dnl
+])# BOOST_FIND_LIB
+
+
+# --------------------------------------- #
+# Checks for the various Boost libraries. #
+# --------------------------------------- #
+
+# List of boost libraries: http://www.boost.org/libs/libraries.htm
+# The page http://beta.boost.org/doc/libs is useful: it gives the first release
+# version of each library (among other things).
+
+
+# BOOST_BIND()
+# ------------
+# Look for Boost.Bind
+AC_DEFUN([BOOST_BIND],
+[BOOST_FIND_HEADER([boost/bind.hpp])])
+
+
+# BOOST_CONVERSION()
+# ------------------
+# Look for Boost.Conversion (cast / lexical_cast)
+AC_DEFUN([BOOST_CONVERSION],
+[BOOST_FIND_HEADER([boost/cast.hpp])
+BOOST_FIND_HEADER([boost/lexical_cast.hpp])
+])# BOOST_CONVERSION
+
+
+# BOOST_DATE_TIME([PREFERRED-RT-OPT])
+# -----------------------------------
+# Look for Boost.Date_Time.  For the documentation of PREFERRED-RT-OPT, see the
+# documentation of BOOST_FIND_LIB above.
+AC_DEFUN([BOOST_DATE_TIME],
+[BOOST_FIND_LIB([date_time], [$1],
+                [boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp],
+                [boost::posix_time::ptime t;])
+])# BOOST_DATE_TIME
+
+
+# BOOST_FILESYSTEM([PREFERRED-RT-OPT])
+# ------------------------------------
+# Look for Boost.Filesystem.  For the documentation of PREFERRED-RT-OPT, see the
+# documentation of BOOST_FIND_LIB above.
+# Do not check for boost/filesystem.hpp because this file was introduced in 1.34.
+AC_DEFUN([BOOST_FILESYSTEM],
+[BOOST_FIND_LIB([filesystem], [$1],
+                [boost/filesystem/path.hpp], [boost::filesystem::path p;])
+])# BOOST_FILESYSTEM
+
+
+# BOOST_FOREACH()
+# ---------------
+# Look for Boost.Foreach
+AC_DEFUN([BOOST_FOREACH],
+[BOOST_FIND_HEADER([boost/foreach.hpp])])
+
+
+# BOOST_FORMAT()
+# --------------
+# Look for Boost.Format
+# Note: we can't check for boost/format/format_fwd.hpp because the header isn't
+# standalone.  It can't be compiled because it triggers the following error:
+# boost/format/detail/config_macros.hpp:88: error: 'locale' in namespace 'std'
+#                                                  does not name a type
+AC_DEFUN([BOOST_FORMAT],
+[BOOST_FIND_HEADER([boost/format.hpp])])
+
+
+# BOOST_FUNCTION()
+# ----------------
+# Look for Boost.Function
+AC_DEFUN([BOOST_FUNCTION],
+[BOOST_FIND_HEADER([boost/function.hpp])])
+
+
+# BOOST_GRAPH([PREFERRED-RT-OPT])
+# -------------------------------
+# Look for Boost.Graphs.  For the documentation of PREFERRED-RT-OPT, see the
+# documentation of BOOST_FIND_LIB above.
+AC_DEFUN([BOOST_GRAPH],
+[BOOST_FIND_LIB([graph], [$1],
+                [boost/graph/adjacency_list.hpp], [boost::adjacency_list<> g;])
+])# BOOST_GRAPH
+
+
+# BOOST_IOSTREAMS([PREFERRED-RT-OPT])
+# -------------------------------
+# Look for Boost.IOStreams.  For the documentation of PREFERRED-RT-OPT, see the
+# documentation of BOOST_FIND_LIB above.
+AC_DEFUN([BOOST_IOSTREAMS],
+[BOOST_FIND_LIB([iostreams], [$1],
+                [boost/iostreams/device/file_descriptor.hpp],
+                [boost::iostreams::file_descriptor fd(0); fd.close();])
+])# BOOST_IOSTREAMS
+
+
+# BOOST_HASH()
+# ------------
+# Look for Boost.Functional/Hash
+AC_DEFUN([BOOST_HASH],
+[BOOST_FIND_HEADER([boost/functional/hash.hpp])])
+
+
+# BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS([PREFERRED-RT-OPT])
+# -----------------------------------------
+# Look for Boost.Program_options.  For the documentation of PREFERRED-RT-OPT, see
+# the documentation of BOOST_FIND_LIB above.
+AC_DEFUN([BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS],
+[BOOST_FIND_LIB([program_options], [$1],
+                [boost/program_options.hpp],
+                [boost::program_options::options_description d("test");])
+])# BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS
+
+
+# BOOST_REF()
+# -----------
+# Look for Boost.Ref
+AC_DEFUN([BOOST_REF],
+[BOOST_FIND_HEADER([boost/ref.hpp])])
+
+
+# BOOST_REGEX([PREFERRED-RT-OPT])
+# -------------------------------
+# Look for Boost.Regex.  For the documentation of PREFERRED-RT-OPT, see the
+# documentation of BOOST_FIND_LIB above.
+AC_DEFUN([BOOST_REGEX],
+[BOOST_FIND_LIB([regex], [$1],
+                [boost/regex.hpp],
+                [boost::regex exp("*"); boost::regex_match("foo", exp);])
+])# BOOST_REGEX
+
+
+# BOOST_SIGNALS([PREFERRED-RT-OPT])
+# ---------------------------------
+# Look for Boost.Signals.  For the documentation of PREFERRED-RT-OPT, see the
+# documentation of BOOST_FIND_LIB above.
+AC_DEFUN([BOOST_SIGNALS],
+[BOOST_FIND_LIB([signals], [$1],
+                [boost/signal.hpp],
+                [boost::signal<void ()> s;])
+])# BOOST_SIGNALS
+
+
+# BOOST_SMART_PTR()
+# -----------------
+# Look for Boost.SmartPtr
+AC_DEFUN([BOOST_SMART_PTR],
+[BOOST_FIND_HEADER([boost/scoped_ptr.hpp])
+BOOST_FIND_HEADER([boost/shared_ptr.hpp])
+])
+
+
+# BOOST_STRING_ALGO()
+# -------------------
+# Look for Boost.StringAlgo
+AC_DEFUN([BOOST_STRING_ALGO],
+[BOOST_FIND_HEADER([boost/algorithm/string.hpp])
+])
+
+
+# BOOST_TEST([PREFERRED-RT-OPT])
+# ------------------------------
+# Look for Boost.Test.  For the documentation of PREFERRED-RT-OPT, see the
+# documentation of BOOST_FIND_LIB above.
+AC_DEFUN([BOOST_TEST],
+[m4_pattern_allow([^BOOST_CHECK$])dnl
+BOOST_FIND_LIB([unit_test_framework], [$1],
+               [boost/test/unit_test.hpp], [BOOST_CHECK(2==2);],
+               [using boost::unit_test::test_suite; test_suite* init_unit_test_suite( int argc, char ** argv ) { return NULL;}])
+])# BOOST_TEST
+
+
+# BOOST_THREADS([PREFERRED-RT-OPT])
+# ---------------------------------
+# Look for Boost.Thread.  For the documentation of PREFERRED-RT-OPT, see the
+# documentation of BOOST_FIND_LIB above.
+# FIXME: Provide an alias "BOOST_THREAD".
+AC_DEFUN([BOOST_THREADS],
+[dnl Having the pthread flag is required at least on GCC3 where
+dnl boost/thread.hpp would complain if we try to compile without
+dnl -pthread on GNU/Linux.
+AC_REQUIRE([_BOOST_PTHREAD_FLAG])dnl
+boost_threads_save_LIBS=$LIBS
+boost_threads_save_CPPFLAGS=$CPPFLAGS
+LIBS="$LIBS $boost_cv_pthread_flag"
+# Yes, we *need* to put the -pthread thing in CPPFLAGS because with GCC3,
+# boost/thread.hpp will trigger a #error if -pthread isn't used:
+#   boost/config/requires_threads.hpp:47:5: #error "Compiler threading support
+#   is not turned on. Please set the correct command line options for
+#   threading: -pthread (Linux), -pthreads (Solaris) or -mthreads (Mingw32)"
+CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $boost_cv_pthread_flag"
+BOOST_FIND_LIB([thread], [$1],
+                [boost/thread.hpp], [boost::thread t; boost::mutex m;])
+BOOST_THREAD_LIBS="$BOOST_THREAD_LIBS $boost_cv_pthread_flag"
+BOOST_CPPFLAGS="$BOOST_CPPFLAGS $boost_cv_pthread_flag"
+LIBS=$boost_threads_save_LIBS
+CPPFLAGS=$boost_threads_save_CPPFLAGS
+])# BOOST_THREADS
+
+
+# BOOST_TOKENIZER()
+# -----------------
+# Look for Boost.Tokenizer
+AC_DEFUN([BOOST_TOKENIZER],
+[BOOST_FIND_HEADER([boost/tokenizer.hpp])])
+
+
+# BOOST_TRIBOOL()
+# ---------------
+# Look for Boost.Tribool
+AC_DEFUN([BOOST_TRIBOOL],
+[BOOST_FIND_HEADER([boost/logic/tribool_fwd.hpp])
+BOOST_FIND_HEADER([boost/logic/tribool.hpp])
+])
+
+
+# BOOST_TUPLE()
+# -------------
+# Look for Boost.Tuple
+AC_DEFUN([BOOST_TUPLE],
+[BOOST_FIND_HEADER([boost/tuple/tuple.hpp])])
+
+
+# BOOST_UTILITY()
+# ---------------
+# Look for Boost.Utility (noncopyable, result_of, base-from-member idiom,
+# etc.)
+AC_DEFUN([BOOST_UTILITY],
+[BOOST_FIND_HEADER([boost/utility.hpp])])
+
+
+# BOOST_VARIANT()
+# ---------------
+# Look for Boost.Variant.
+AC_DEFUN([BOOST_VARIANT],
+[BOOST_FIND_HEADER([boost/variant/variant_fwd.hpp])
+BOOST_FIND_HEADER([boost/variant.hpp])])
+
+
+# BOOST_WAVE([PREFERRED-RT-OPT])
+# ------------------------------
+# Look for Boost.Wave.  For the documentation of PREFERRED-RT-OPT, see the
+# documentation of BOOST_FIND_LIB above.
+AC_DEFUN([BOOST_WAVE],
+[BOOST_FIND_LIB([wave], [$1],
+                [boost/wave.hpp],
+                [boost::wave::token_id id; get_token_name(id);])])
+
+
+# ----------------- #
+# Internal helpers. #
+# ----------------- #
+
+
+# _BOOST_PTHREAD_FLAG()
+# ---------------------
+# Internal helper for BOOST_THREADS.  Based on ACX_PTHREAD:
+# http://autoconf-archive.cryp.to/acx_pthread.html
+AC_DEFUN([_BOOST_PTHREAD_FLAG],
+[AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CXX])dnl
+AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])dnl
+AC_LANG_PUSH([C++])dnl
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([for the flags needed to use pthreads], [boost_cv_pthread_flag],
+[ boost_cv_pthread_flag=
+  # The ordering *is* (sometimes) important.  Some notes on the
+  # individual items follow:
+  # (none): in case threads are in libc; should be tried before -Kthread and
+  #       other compiler flags to prevent continual compiler warnings
+  # -lpthreads: AIX (must check this before -lpthread)
+  # -Kthread: Sequent (threads in libc, but -Kthread needed for pthread.h)
+  # -kthread: FreeBSD kernel threads (preferred to -pthread since SMP-able)
+  # -llthread: LinuxThreads port on FreeBSD (also preferred to -pthread)
+  # -pthread: GNU Linux/GCC (kernel threads), BSD/GCC (userland threads)
+  # -pthreads: Solaris/GCC
+  # -mthreads: MinGW32/GCC, Lynx/GCC
+  # -mt: Sun Workshop C (may only link SunOS threads [-lthread], but it
+  #      doesn't hurt to check since this sometimes defines pthreads too;
+  #      also defines -D_REENTRANT)
+  #      ... -mt is also the pthreads flag for HP/aCC
+  # -lpthread: GNU Linux, etc.
+  # --thread-safe: KAI C++
+  case $host_os in #(
+    *solaris*)
+      # On Solaris (at least, for some versions), libc contains stubbed
+      # (non-functional) versions of the pthreads routines, so link-based
+      # tests will erroneously succeed.  (We need to link with -pthreads/-mt/
+      # -lpthread.)  (The stubs are missing pthread_cleanup_push, or rather
+      # a function called by this macro, so we could check for that, but
+      # who knows whether they'll stub that too in a future libc.)  So,
+      # we'll just look for -pthreads and -lpthread first:
+      boost_pthread_flags="-pthreads -lpthread -mt -pthread";; #(
+    *)
+      boost_pthread_flags="-lpthreads -Kthread -kthread -llthread -pthread \
+                           -pthreads -mthreads -lpthread --thread-safe -mt";;
+  esac
+  # Generate the test file.
+  AC_LANG_CONFTEST([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([#include <pthread.h>],
+    [pthread_t th; pthread_join(th, 0);
+    pthread_attr_init(0); pthread_cleanup_push(0, 0);
+    pthread_create(0,0,0,0); pthread_cleanup_pop(0);])])
+  for boost_pthread_flag in '' $boost_pthread_flags; do
+    boost_pthread_ok=false
+dnl Re-use the test file already generated.
+    boost_pthreads__save_LIBS=$LIBS
+    LIBS="$LIBS $boost_pthread_flag"
+    AC_LINK_IFELSE([],
+      [if grep ".*$boost_pthread_flag" conftest.err; then
+         echo "This flag seems to have triggered warnings" >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD
+       else
+         boost_pthread_ok=:; boost_cv_pthread_flag=$boost_pthread_flag
+       fi])
+    LIBS=$boost_pthreads__save_LIBS
+    $boost_pthread_ok && break
+  done
+])
+AC_LANG_POP([C++])dnl
+])# _BOOST_PTHREAD_FLAG
+
+
+# _BOOST_gcc_test(MAJOR, MINOR)
+# -----------------------------
+# Internal helper for _BOOST_FIND_COMPILER_TAG.
+m4_define([_BOOST_gcc_test],
+["defined __GNUC__ && __GNUC__ == $1 && __GNUC_MINOR__ == $2 && !defined __ICC @ gcc$1$2"])dnl
+
+
+# _BOOST_FIND_COMPILER_TAG()
+# --------------------------
+# Internal.  When Boost is installed without --layout=system, each library
+# filename will hold a suffix that encodes the compiler used during the
+# build.  The Boost build system seems to call this a `tag'.
+AC_DEFUN([_BOOST_FIND_COMPILER_TAG],
+[AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CXX])dnl
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([for the toolset name used by Boost for $CXX], [boost_cv_lib_tag],
+[AC_LANG_PUSH([C++])dnl
+  boost_cv_lib_tag=unknown
+  # The following tests are mostly inspired by boost/config/auto_link.hpp
+  # The list is sorted to most recent/common to oldest compiler (in order
+  # to increase the likelihood of finding the right compiler with the
+  # least number of compilation attempt).
+  # Beware that some tests are sensible to the order (for instance, we must
+  # look for MinGW before looking for GCC3).
+  # I used one compilation test per compiler with a #error to recognize
+  # each compiler so that it works even when cross-compiling (let me know
+  # if you know a better approach).
+  # Known missing tags (known from Boost's tools/build/v2/tools/common.jam):
+  #   como, edg, kcc, bck, mp, sw, tru, xlc
+  # I'm not sure about my test for `il' (be careful: Intel's ICC pre-defines
+  # the same defines as GCC's).
+  # TODO: Move the test on GCC 4.3 up once it's released.
+  for i in \
+    _BOOST_gcc_test(4, 2) \
+    _BOOST_gcc_test(4, 1) \
+    _BOOST_gcc_test(4, 0) \
+    "defined __GNUC__ && __GNUC__ == 3 && !defined __ICC \
+     && (defined WIN32 || defined WINNT || defined _WIN32 || defined __WIN32 \
+         || defined __WIN32__ || defined __WINNT || defined __WINNT__) @ mgw" \
+    _BOOST_gcc_test(3, 4) \
+    _BOOST_gcc_test(3, 3) \
+    "defined _MSC_VER && _MSC_VER >= 1400 @ vc80" \
+    _BOOST_gcc_test(3, 2) \
+    "defined _MSC_VER && _MSC_VER == 1310 @ vc71" \
+    _BOOST_gcc_test(3, 1) \
+    _BOOST_gcc_test(3, 0) \
+    "defined __BORLANDC__ @ bcb" \
+    "defined __ICC && (defined __unix || defined __unix__) @ il" \
+    "defined __ICL @ iw" \
+    "defined _MSC_VER && _MSC_VER == 1300 @ vc7" \
+    _BOOST_gcc_test(4, 3) \
+    _BOOST_gcc_test(2, 95) \
+    "defined __MWERKS__ && __MWERKS__ <= 0x32FF @ cw9" \
+    "defined _MSC_VER && _MSC_VER < 1300 && !defined UNDER_CE @ vc6" \
+    "defined _MSC_VER && _MSC_VER < 1300 && defined UNDER_CE @ evc4" \
+    "defined __MWERKS__ && __MWERKS__ <= 0x31FF @ cw8"
+  do
+    boost_tag_test=`expr "X$i" : 'X\([[^@]]*\) @ '`
+    boost_tag=`expr "X$i" : 'X[[^@]]* @ \(.*\)'`
+    AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
+#if $boost_tag_test
+/* OK */
+#else
+# error $boost_tag_test
+#endif
+]])], [boost_cv_lib_tag=$boost_tag; break], [])
+  done
+AC_LANG_POP([C++])dnl
+])
+  if test x"$boost_cv_lib_tag" = xunknown; then
+    AC_MSG_WARN([[could not figure out which toolset name to use for $CXX]])
+    boost_cv_lib_tag=
+  fi
+])# _BOOST_FIND_COMPILER_TAG
+
+
+# _BOOST_GUESS_WHETHER_TO_USE_MT()
+# --------------------------------
+# Compile a small test to try to guess whether we should favor MT (Multi
+# Thread) flavors of Boost.  Sets boost_guess_use_mt accordingly.
+AC_DEFUN([_BOOST_GUESS_WHETHER_TO_USE_MT],
+[# Check whether we do better use `mt' even though we weren't ask to.
+AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
+#if defined _REENTRANT || defined _MT || defined __MT__
+/* use -mt */
+#else
+# error MT not needed
+#endif
+]])], [boost_guess_use_mt=:], [boost_guess_use_mt=false])
+])
+
+# _BOOST_AC_LINK_IFELSE(PROGRAM, [ACTION-IF-TRUE], [ACTION-IF-FALSE])
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Fork of _AC_LINK_IFELSE that preserves conftest.o across calls.  Fragile,
+# will break when Autoconf changes its internals.  Requires that you manually
+# rm -f conftest.$ac_objext in between to really different tests, otherwise
+# you will try to link a conftest.o left behind by a previous test.
+# Used to aggressively optimize BOOST_FIND_LIB (see the big comment in this
+# macro)
+m4_define([_BOOST_AC_LINK_IFELSE],
+[m4_ifvaln([$1], [AC_LANG_CONFTEST([$1])])dnl
+rm -f conftest$ac_exeext
+boost_ac_ext_save=$ac_ext
+boost_use_source=:
+# If we already have a .o, re-use it.  We change $ac_ext so that $ac_link
+# tries to link the existing object file instead of compiling from source.
+test -f conftest.$ac_objext && ac_ext=$ac_objext && boost_use_source=false &&
+  _AS_ECHO_LOG([re-using the existing conftest.$ac_objext])
+AS_IF([_AC_DO_STDERR($ac_link) && {
+	 test -z "$ac_[]_AC_LANG_ABBREV[]_werror_flag" ||
+	 test ! -s conftest.err
+       } && test -s conftest$ac_exeext && {
+	 test "$cross_compiling" = yes ||
+	 $as_executable_p conftest$ac_exeext
+dnl FIXME: use AS_TEST_X instead when 2.61 is widespread enough.
+       }],
+      [$2],
+      [if $boost_use_source; then
+         _AC_MSG_LOG_CONFTEST
+       fi
+       $3])
+dnl Delete also the IPA/IPO (Inter Procedural Analysis/Optimization)
+dnl information created by the PGI compiler (conftest_ipa8_conftest.oo),
+dnl as it would interfere with the next link command.
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest_ipa8_conftest.oo \
+      conftest$ac_exeext m4_ifval([$1], [conftest.$ac_ext])[]dnl
+])# _BOOST_AC_LINK_IFELSE