check for libboost >= 1.42 during configure

[mtehonica]

libboost >= 1.42 is required. This should be checked during configure

[h0lzi]

where does the version cause a problem? Atm it's only checked if boost headers are there not version. This is the case in main xbmc too: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/blob/master/configure.in#L639

So if this is a problem it should be reported upstream too

[mtehonica]

When you try to run 'make' it will complain because it needs uuid and boost < 1.42 does not have it.

[h0lzi]

ok that would need something like this: http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_boost_base.html#ax_boost_base But I have not messed with this kind of stuff yet :) I would report that upstream though

[gewalker]

Let me have a look at that and see if I can get it checking more effectively.