Make Boost use std::atomic internally

8 years ago · 394ccf76ad
1 changed files with 4 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@ -676,6 +676,10 @@ AX_BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS
				@@ -676,6 +676,10 @@ AX_BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS
 AX_BOOST_THREAD
 AX_BOOST_CHRONO

+dnl Boost 1.56 through 1.62 allow using std::atomic instead of its own atomic
+dnl counter implementations. In 1.63 and later the std::atomic approach is default.
+m4_pattern_allow(DBOOST_AC_USE_STD_ATOMIC) dnl otherwise it's treated like a macro
+BOOST_CPPFLAGS="-DBOOST_SP_USE_STD_ATOMIC -DBOOST_AC_USE_STD_ATOMIC $BOOST_CPPFLAGS"

 if test x$use_reduce_exports = xyes; then
  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for working boost reduced exports])