Re: [patch #8254] AX_BOOST_BASE: fix lib detection on multi-arch systems

[Peter Johansson]

On 12/16/2013 11:24 AM, Cory Fields wrote:
> If that's the case, the only sure-fire way to know we're getting the
> correct files is to have boost tell us directly. So, maybe the effort
> would be better spent trying to get boost to ship pkg-config .pc's
> which specify the shipped names?

People have tried that before, and the boost people were not convinced 
[1] so I think the best way is to have a robust AX macro.

[1] https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/1094

Cheers,
Peter