Merge #7165: build: Enable C++11 in build, require C++11 compiler

7df9224 doc: Add note about new build/test requirements to release notes (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
2aacc72 build: update ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx to serial 4 (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
a398549 depends: use c++11 (Cory Fields)
67969af build: Enable C++11 build, require C++11 compiler (Wladimir J. van der Laan)

configure.ac

@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ case $host in
      lt_cv_deplibs_check_method="pass_all"
   ;;
 esac
+dnl Require C++11 compiler (no GNU extensions)
+AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX([11], [noext], [mandatory])
 dnl Libtool init checks.
 LT_INIT([pic-only])
 

depends/hosts/darwin.mk

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ OSX_SDK_VERSION=10.9
 OSX_SDK=$(SDK_PATH)/MacOSX$(OSX_SDK_VERSION).sdk
 LD64_VERSION=241.9
 darwin_CC=clang -target $(host) -mmacosx-version-min=$(OSX_MIN_VERSION) --sysroot $(OSX_SDK) -mlinker-version=$(LD64_VERSION)
-darwin_CXX=clang++ -target $(host) -mmacosx-version-min=$(OSX_MIN_VERSION) --sysroot $(OSX_SDK) -mlinker-version=$(LD64_VERSION)
+darwin_CXX=clang++ -target $(host) -mmacosx-version-min=$(OSX_MIN_VERSION) --sysroot $(OSX_SDK) -mlinker-version=$(LD64_VERSION) -stdlib=libc++
 
 darwin_CFLAGS=-pipe
 darwin_CXXFLAGS=$(darwin_CFLAGS)

depends/packages/bdb.mk

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ define $(package)_set_vars
 $(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared --enable-cxx --disable-replication
 $(package)_config_opts_mingw32=--enable-mingw
 $(package)_config_opts_linux=--with-pic
+$(package)_cxxflags=-std=c++11
 endef
 
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds

depends/packages/boost.mk

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ $(package)_archiver_$(host_os)=$($(package)_ar)
 $(package)_toolset_darwin=darwin
 $(package)_archiver_darwin=$($(package)_libtool)
 $(package)_config_libraries=chrono,filesystem,program_options,system,thread,test
-$(package)_cxxflags=-fvisibility=hidden
+$(package)_cxxflags=-std=c++11 -fvisibility=hidden
 $(package)_cxxflags_linux=-fPIC
 endef
 

depends/packages/protobuf.mk

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ $(package)_download_path=$(native_$(package)_download_path)
 $(package)_file_name=$(native_$(package)_file_name)
 $(package)_sha256_hash=$(native_$(package)_sha256_hash)
 $(package)_dependencies=native_$(package)
+$(package)_cxxflags=-std=c++11
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
   $(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared --with-protoc=$(build_prefix)/bin/protoc

depends/packages/qt.mk

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ $(package)_config_opts += -no-sql-sqlite2
 $(package)_config_opts += -prefix $(host_prefix)
 $(package)_config_opts += -hostprefix $(build_prefix)
 $(package)_config_opts += -bindir $(build_prefix)/bin
-$(package)_config_opts += -no-c++11
+$(package)_config_opts += -c++11
 $(package)_config_opts += -openssl-linked
 $(package)_config_opts += -v
 $(package)_config_opts += -static

depends/packages/zeromq.mk

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ $(package)_sha256_hash=e00b2967e074990d0538361cc79084a0a92892df2c6e7585da34e4c61
 define $(package)_set_vars
   $(package)_config_opts=--without-documentation --disable-shared
   $(package)_config_opts_linux=--with-pic
+  $(package)_cxxflags=-std=c++11
 endef
 
 define $(package)_config_cmds

doc/release-notes.md

@@ -43,6 +43,19 @@ RPC low-level changes
   32-bit and 64-bit platforms, and the txids were missing in the hashed data. This has been
   fixed, but this means that the output will be different than from previous versions.
 
+C++11 and Python 3
+-------------------
+
+Various code modernizations have been done. The Bitcoin Core code base has
+started using C++11. This means that a C++11-capable compiler is now needed for
+building. Effectively this means GCC 4.7 or higher, or Clang 3.3 or higher.
+
+When cross-compiling for a target that doesn't have C++11 libraries, configure with
+`./configure --enable-glibc-back-compat ... LDFLAGS=-static-libstdc++`.
+
+For running the functional tests in `qa/rpc-tests`, Python3.4 or higher is now
+required.
+
 0.13.0 Change log
 =================