31cf68a3ad1f0a5537c8419e2912b55fbfb88fa0 [util] add RunCommandParseJSON (Sjors Provoost)
c17f54ee535faaedf9033717403e1f775b5f1530 [ci] use boost::process (Sjors Provoost)
32128ba682033560d6eb2e4848a9f77a842016d2 [doc] include Doxygen comments for HAVE_BOOST_PROCESS (Sjors Provoost)
3c84d85f7d218fa27e9343c5cd1a55e519218980 [build] msvc: add boost::process (Sjors Provoost)
c47e4bbf0b44f2de1278f9538124ec98ee0815bb [build] make boost-process opt-in (Sjors Provoost)
929cda5470f98d1ef85c05b1cad4e2fb9227e3b0 configure: add ax_boost_process (Sjors Provoost)
8314c23d7b39fc36dde8b40b03b6efbe96f85698 [depends] boost: patch unused variable in boost_process (Sjors Provoost)
Pull request description:
Prerequisite for external signer support in #16546. Big picture overview in [this gist](https://gist.github.com/Sjors/29d06728c685e6182828c1ce9b74483d).
This adds a new dependency [boost process](https://github.com/boostorg/process/tree/boost-1.64.0). This is part of Boost since 1.64 which is part of `depends`. Because the minimum Boost version is 1.47, this functionality is skipped for older versions of Boost.
Use `./configure --with-boost-process` to opt in, which checks for the presence of Boost::Process.
We add `UniValue runCommandParseJSON(const std::string& strCommand)` to `system.{h,cpp}` which calls an arbitrary command and processes the JSON returned by it. This is currently only called by the test suite.
~For testing purposes this adds a new regtest-only RPC method `runcommand`, as well as `test/mocks/command.py` used by functional tests.~ (this is no longer the case)
TODO:
- [ ] review boost process in #15440
ACKs for top commit:
achow101:
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hebasto:
re-ACK 31cf68a3ad1f0a5537c8419e2912b55fbfb88fa0, only rebased (verified with `git range-diff`) and removed an unintentional tab character since the [previous](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/15382#pullrequestreview-458371035) review.
meshcollider:
Very light utACK 31cf68a3ad1f0a5537c8419e2912b55fbfb88fa0, although I am not very confident with build stuff.
promag:
Code review ACK 31cf68a3ad1f0a5537c8419e2912b55fbfb88fa0, don't mind the nit.
ryanofsky:
Code review ACK 31cf68a3ad1f0a5537c8419e2912b55fbfb88fa0. I left some comments below that could be ignored or followed up later. The current change is clean and comprehensive.
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