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+config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST
+ bool "boost"
+ depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+ select BR2_PACKAGE_BZIP2
+ select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
+ help
+ A general purpose C++ library
+
+ http://www.boost.org/
+
+if BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_MULTITHREADED
+ depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+ bool "boost-multithreaded"
+ help
+ Build the boost libraries as multithreaded
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_CHRONO
+ bool "boost-chrono"
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_DATE_TIME
+ bool "boost-date_time"
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_EXCEPTION
+ bool "boost-exception"
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_FILESYSTEM
+ bool "boost-filesystem"
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_GRAPH
+ bool "boost-graph"
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_GRAPH_PARALLEL
+ bool "boost-graph_parallel"
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_ICU
+ select BR2_PACKAGE_ICU
+ bool "boost-icu"
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_IOSTREAMS
+ bool "boost-iostreams"
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_MATH
+ bool "boost-math"
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_MPI
+ bool "boost-mpi"
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS
+ bool "boost-program_options"
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_RANDOM
+ bool "boost-random"
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_REGEX
+ bool "boost-regex"
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_SERIALIZATION
+ bool "boost-serialization"
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_SIGNALS
+ bool "boost-signals"
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_SYSTEM
+ bool "boost-system"
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_TEST
+ bool "boost-test"
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_THREAD
+ depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+ bool "boost-thread"
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_WAVE
+ bool "boost-wave"
+
+endif
+
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+#############################################################
+#
+# Boost
+#
+#############################################################
+
+BOOST_VERSION = 1.47.0
+BOOST_FILE_VERSION = $(subst .,_,$(BOOST_VERSION))
+BOOST_SOURCE = boost_$(BOOST_FILE_VERSION).tar.bz2
+BOOST_SITE = http://$(BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR).dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/boost
+BOOST_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+
+TARGET_CC_VERSION = $(shell $(TARGET_CC) --version | head -n 1 | sed -e "s/.*[[:space:]]\([[:digit:].]\+$$\)/\1/g" )
+
+BOOST_DEPENDENCIES = bzip2 zlib
+
+BOOST_FLAGS =
+BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS = python
+
+BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_CHRONO),,chrono)
+BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_DATE_TIME),,date_time)
+BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_EXCEPTION),,exception)
+BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_FILESYSTEM),,filesystem)
+BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_GRAPH),,graph)
+BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_GRAPH_PARALLEL),,graph_parallel)
+BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_IOSTREAMS),,iostreams)
+BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_MATH),,math)
+BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_MPI),,mpi)
+BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS),,program_options)
+BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_RANDOM),,random)
+BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_REGEX),,regex)
+BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_SERIALIZATION),,serialization)
+BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_SIGNALS),,signals)
+BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_SYSTEM),,system)
+BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_TEST),,test)
+BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_THREAD),,thread)
+BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_WAVE),,wave)
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_ICU),y)
+BOOST_FLAGS += --with-icu
+BOOST_DEPENDENCIES += icu
+else
+BOOST_FLAGS += --without-icu
+endif
+
+BOOST_LINK = $(if $(BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB),static,shared)
+BOOST_MULTI = $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_MULTITHREADED),multi,single)
+BOOST_VARIANT = $(if $(BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG),debug,release)
+
+BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS_COMMASEPERATED += $(subst $(space),$(comma),$(strip $(BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS)))
+BOOST_FLAGS += $(if $(BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS_COMMASEPERATED), --without-libraries=$(BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS_COMMASEPERATED))
+
+define BOOST_CONFIGURE_CMDS
+ (cd $(@D) && ./bootstrap.sh $(BOOST_FLAGS))
+ echo "using gcc : $(TARGET_CC_VERSION) : \"$(TARGET_CXX)\" : <cxxflags>\"$(TARGET_CXXFLAGS)\" <linkflags>\"$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)\" ;" > $(@D)/user-config.jam
+ echo "" >> $(@D)/user-config.jam
+endef
+
+define BOOST_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+ (cd $(@D) && ./b2 -q -d+2 \
+ --user-config=$(@D)/user-config.jam \
+ toolset=gcc \
+ variant=$(BOOST_VARIANT) \
+ link=$(BOOST_LINK) \
+ threading=$(BOOST_MULTI) \
+ runtime-link=$(BOOST_LINK) \
+ --prefix=$(TARGET_DIR)/usr \
+ --layout=system install )
+endef
+
+define BOOST_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
+ (cd $(@D) && ./bjam -d+2 \
+ --user-config=$(@D)/user-config.jam \
+ toolset=gcc \
+ variant=$(BOOST_VARIANT) \
+ link=$(BOOST_LINK) \
+ threading=$(BOOST_MULTI) \
+ runtime-link=$(BOOST_LINK) \
+ --prefix=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr \
+ --layout=system install)
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call GENTARGETS))