Merge bitcoin#24254: build: Add Boost.Process usage check

abc057c build: Add Boost.Process usage check (Hennadii Stepanov)

Pull request description:

  This PR adds a check that Boost.Process can be used without linking any libraries (header-only).
  Disable the functionality if that is not the case.

  Fixes bitcoin#24314.

ACKs for top commit:
  fanquake:
    ACK abc057c

Tree-SHA512: ed2a32b1f751ec6f88cc7220766edd4cdab93c1d0515c892aa3094ee8d5b13ef569830d6e7a7a00c0197b117585dc526d00d943cc99a1f8c8a66ac4e20fe2061

Author: fanquake

configure.ac

@@ -1437,8 +1437,20 @@ if test "$use_external_signer" != "no"; then
       use_external_signer="no";
     ;;
     *)
-      use_external_signer="yes"
-      AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_EXTERNAL_SIGNER], [1], [Define if external signer support is enabled])
+      AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether Boost.Process can be used])
+      AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <boost/process.hpp>]])],
+        [have_boost_process="yes"],
+        [have_boost_process="no"])
+      AC_MSG_RESULT([$have_boost_process])
+      if test "$have_boost_process" == "yes"; then
+        use_external_signer="yes"
+        AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_EXTERNAL_SIGNER], [1], [Define if external signer support is enabled])
+      else
+        if test "$use_external_signer" = "yes"; then
+          AC_MSG_ERROR([External signing is not supported for this Boost version])
+        fi
+        use_external_signer="no";
+      fi
     ;;
   esac
 fi