diff --git a/m4macros/ax_boost_for_kea.m4 b/m4macros/ax_boost_for_kea.m4 index e2a4bb9e41ae0ebaf838d7bee2c603ccbc812b93..5a8ad4c47b8890df2cfbdbc85c315a568d109369 100644 --- a/m4macros/ax_boost_for_kea.m4 +++ b/m4macros/ax_boost_for_kea.m4 @@ -196,13 +196,26 @@ if test "x${BOOST_LIBS}" != "x"; then LIBS_SAVED="$LIBS" LIBS="$BOOST_LIBS $LIBS" + if test $enable_static_link = yes; then + LIBS="-static $LIBS" + fi + + # Wrap the compilation in libtool as we do in our Makefiles + # when linking. That way if we're static linking we should + # get the same result our Makefiles would. We don't provide + # a path to our libtool as it may not exist yet. + CXX_SAVED="$CXX" + CXX="libtool --tag=CXX --mode=link $CXX" + AC_LINK_IFELSE( [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([#include ], [boost::system::error_code ec;])], [AC_MSG_RESULT([checking for Boost system library... yes])], [AC_MSG_RESULT([checking for Boost system library... no]) - AC_MSG_ERROR([Linking with ${BOOST_LIBS} is not enough: please make sure libboost_system is installed])]) + AC_MSG_ERROR([Linking with ${BOOST_LIBS} is not enough: please make sure libboost_system is installed; + Check config.log for details, you may be missing other libraries.])]) + CXX="$CXX_SAVED" LIBS="$LIBS_SAVED" fi