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+# ===========================================================================
+#    http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_boost_iostreams.html
+# ===========================================================================
+#
+# SYNOPSIS
+#
+#   AX_BOOST_IOSTREAMS
+#
+# DESCRIPTION
+#
+#   Test for IOStreams library from the Boost C++ libraries. The macro
+#   requires a preceding call to AX_BOOST_BASE. Further documentation is
+#   available at <http://randspringer.de/boost/index.html>.
+#
+#   This macro calls:
+#
+#     AC_SUBST(BOOST_IOSTREAMS_LIB)
+#
+#   And sets:
+#
+#     HAVE_BOOST_IOSTREAMS
+#
+# LICENSE
+#
+#   Copyright (c) 2008 Thomas Porschberg <thomas@randspringer.de>
+#
+#   Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
+#   permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice
+#   and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, without any
+#   warranty.
+
+#serial 20
+
+AC_DEFUN([AX_BOOST_IOSTREAMS],
+[
+	AC_ARG_WITH([boost-iostreams],
+	AS_HELP_STRING([--with-boost-iostreams@<:@=special-lib@:>@],
+                   [use the IOStreams library from boost - it is possible to specify a certain library for the linker
+                        e.g. --with-boost-iostreams=boost_iostreams-gcc-mt-d-1_33_1 ]),
+        [
+        if test "$withval" = "no"; then
+			want_boost="no"
+        elif test "$withval" = "yes"; then
+            want_boost="yes"
+            ax_boost_user_iostreams_lib=""
+        else
+		    want_boost="yes"
+		ax_boost_user_iostreams_lib="$withval"
+		fi
+        ],
+        [want_boost="yes"]
+	)
+
+	if test "x$want_boost" = "xyes"; then
+        AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])
+		CPPFLAGS_SAVED="$CPPFLAGS"
+		CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $BOOST_CPPFLAGS"
+		export CPPFLAGS
+
+		LDFLAGS_SAVED="$LDFLAGS"
+		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $BOOST_LDFLAGS"
+		export LDFLAGS
+
+        AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the Boost::IOStreams library is available,
+					   ax_cv_boost_iostreams,
+        [AC_LANG_PUSH([C++])
+		 AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[@%:@include <boost/iostreams/filtering_stream.hpp>
+											 @%:@include <boost/range/iterator_range.hpp>
+											]],
+                                  [[std::string  input = "Hello World!";
+								 namespace io = boost::iostreams;
+									 io::filtering_istream  in(boost::make_iterator_range(input));
+									 return 0;
+                                   ]])],
+                             ax_cv_boost_iostreams=yes, ax_cv_boost_iostreams=no)
+         AC_LANG_POP([C++])
+		])
+		if test "x$ax_cv_boost_iostreams" = "xyes"; then
+			AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BOOST_IOSTREAMS,,[define if the Boost::IOStreams library is available])
+            BOOSTLIBDIR=`echo $BOOST_LDFLAGS | sed -e 's/@<:@^\/@:>@*//'`
+            if test "x$ax_boost_user_iostreams_lib" = "x"; then
+                for libextension in `ls $BOOSTLIBDIR/libboost_iostreams*.so* $BOOSTLIBDIR/libboost_iostream*.dylib* $BOOSTLIBDIR/libboost_iostreams*.a* 2>/dev/null | sed 's,.*/,,' | sed -e 's;^lib\(boost_iostreams.*\)\.so.*$;\1;' -e 's;^lib\(boost_iostream.*\)\.dylib.*$;\1;' -e 's;^lib\(boost_iostreams.*\)\.a.*$;\1;'` ; do
+                     ax_lib=${libextension}
+				    AC_CHECK_LIB($ax_lib, exit,
+                                 [BOOST_IOSTREAMS_LIB="-l$ax_lib"; AC_SUBST(BOOST_IOSTREAMS_LIB) link_iostreams="yes"; break],
+                                 [link_iostreams="no"])
+				done
+                if test "x$link_iostreams" != "xyes"; then
+                for libextension in `ls $BOOSTLIBDIR/boost_iostreams*.dll* $BOOSTLIBDIR/boost_iostreams*.a* 2>/dev/null | sed 's,.*/,,' | sed -e 's;^\(boost_iostreams.*\)\.dll.*$;\1;' -e 's;^\(boost_iostreams.*\)\.a.*$;\1;'` ; do
+                     ax_lib=${libextension}
+				    AC_CHECK_LIB($ax_lib, exit,
+                                 [BOOST_IOSTREAMS_LIB="-l$ax_lib"; AC_SUBST(BOOST_IOSTREAMS_LIB) link_iostreams="yes"; break],
+                                 [link_iostreams="no"])
+				done
+                fi
+
+            else
+               for ax_lib in $ax_boost_user_iostreams_lib boost_iostreams-$ax_boost_user_iostreams_lib; do
+				      AC_CHECK_LIB($ax_lib, main,
+                                   [BOOST_IOSTREAMS_LIB="-l$ax_lib"; AC_SUBST(BOOST_IOSTREAMS_LIB) link_iostreams="yes"; break],
+                                   [link_iostreams="no"])
+                  done
+
+            fi
+            if test "x$ax_lib" = "x"; then
+                AC_MSG_ERROR(Could not find a version of the library!)
+            fi
+			if test "x$link_iostreams" != "xyes"; then
+				AC_MSG_ERROR(Could not link against $ax_lib !)
+			fi
+		fi
+
+		CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS_SAVED"
+	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS_SAVED"
+	fi
+])