build: remove Boost::system usage

Author: fanquake

build-aux/m4/ax_boost_system.m4

@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@
 /* define if external signer support is enabled (requires Boost::Process) */
 #define ENABLE_EXTERNAL_SIGNER /**/
 
-/* define if the Boost::System library is available */
-#define HAVE_BOOST_SYSTEM /**/
-
 /* define if the Boost::Unit_Test_Framework library is available */
 #define HAVE_BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK /**/
 

build_msvc/bitcoin_config.h.in

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 
 export CONTAINER_NAME=ci_native_asan
-export PACKAGES="clang llvm python3-zmq qtbase5-dev qttools5-dev-tools libevent-dev bsdmainutils libboost-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-test-dev libdb5.3++-dev libminiupnpc-dev libnatpmp-dev libzmq3-dev libqrencode-dev libsqlite3-dev"
+export PACKAGES="clang llvm python3-zmq qtbase5-dev qttools5-dev-tools libevent-dev bsdmainutils libboost-dev libboost-test-dev libdb5.3++-dev libminiupnpc-dev libnatpmp-dev libzmq3-dev libqrencode-dev libsqlite3-dev"
 export DOCKER_NAME_TAG=ubuntu:22.04
 export NO_DEPENDS=1
 export GOAL="install"

ci/test/00_setup_env_native_asan.sh

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 
 export DOCKER_NAME_TAG="ubuntu:20.04"
 export CONTAINER_NAME=ci_native_fuzz
-export PACKAGES="clang llvm python3 libevent-dev bsdmainutils libboost-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-test-dev libsqlite3-dev"
+export PACKAGES="clang llvm python3 libevent-dev bsdmainutils libboost-dev libboost-test-dev libsqlite3-dev"
 export NO_DEPENDS=1
 export RUN_UNIT_TESTS=false
 export RUN_FUNCTIONAL_TESTS=false

ci/test/00_setup_env_native_fuzz.sh

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 
 export DOCKER_NAME_TAG="ubuntu:20.04"
 export CONTAINER_NAME=ci_native_fuzz_valgrind
-export PACKAGES="clang llvm python3 libevent-dev bsdmainutils libboost-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-test-dev libsqlite3-dev valgrind"
+export PACKAGES="clang llvm python3 libevent-dev bsdmainutils libboost-dev libboost-test-dev libsqlite3-dev valgrind"
 export NO_DEPENDS=1
 export RUN_UNIT_TESTS=false
 export RUN_FUNCTIONAL_TESTS=false

ci/test/00_setup_env_native_fuzz_with_valgrind.sh

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 
 export DOCKER_NAME_TAG="ubuntu:20.04"
 export CONTAINER_NAME=ci_native_valgrind
-export PACKAGES="valgrind clang llvm python3-zmq libevent-dev bsdmainutils libboost-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-test-dev libdb5.3++-dev libminiupnpc-dev libnatpmp-dev libzmq3-dev libsqlite3-dev"
+export PACKAGES="valgrind clang llvm python3-zmq libevent-dev bsdmainutils libboost-dev libboost-test-dev libdb5.3++-dev libminiupnpc-dev libnatpmp-dev libzmq3-dev libsqlite3-dev"
 export USE_VALGRIND=1
 export NO_DEPENDS=1
 export TEST_RUNNER_EXTRA="--nosandbox --exclude rpc_bind,feature_bind_extra"  # Excluded for now, see https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/17765#issuecomment-602068547

ci/test/00_setup_env_native_valgrind.sh

@@ -1407,13 +1407,12 @@ if test "$use_boost" = "yes"; then
   if test "$want_boost" = "no"; then
     AC_MSG_ERROR([only libbitcoinconsensus can be built without Boost])
   fi
-  AX_BOOST_SYSTEM
 
   if test "$suppress_external_warnings" != "no"; then
     BOOST_CPPFLAGS=SUPPRESS_WARNINGS($BOOST_CPPFLAGS)
   fi
 
-  BOOST_LIBS="$BOOST_LDFLAGS $BOOST_SYSTEM_LIB"
+  BOOST_LIBS="$BOOST_LDFLAGS"
 fi
 
 if test "$use_external_signer" != "no"; then

configure.ac

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ $(package)_toolset_$(host_os)=clang
 else
 $(package)_toolset_$(host_os)=gcc
 endif
-$(package)_config_libraries=system,test
+$(package)_config_libraries=test
 $(package)_cxxflags+=-std=c++17
 $(package)_cxxflags_linux=-fPIC
 $(package)_cxxflags_freebsd=-fPIC

depends/packages/boost.mk

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Build requirements:
 
 Now, you can either build from self-compiled [depends](/depends/README.md) or install the required dependencies:
 
-    sudo apt-get install libevent-dev libboost-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-test-dev
+    sudo apt-get install libevent-dev libboost-dev libboost-test-dev
 
 SQLite is required for the descriptor wallet: