build: explicitly require boost >= 1.71.0

Change-Id: Icd946b6d98a88b092c1dcfe952db8daa1ea45a28
named-data · Sep 22, 2023 · f530be1 · f530be1
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diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ def configure(conf):
                    uselib_store='NDN_CXX', pkg_config_path=pkg_config_path)
 
     conf.check_boost()
+    if conf.env.BOOST_VERSION_NUMBER < 107100:
+        conf.fatal('The minimum supported version of Boost is 1.71.0.\n'
+                   'Please upgrade your distribution or manually install a newer version of Boost.\n'
+                   'For more information, see https://redmine.named-data.net/projects/nfd/wiki/Boost')
 
     if conf.env.WITH_TESTS:
         conf.check_boost(lib='unit_test_framework', mt=True, uselib_store='BOOST_TESTS')