NDN: fix builds after boost upgrade

- updated derivations with the correct boost version
- prepared check phases for unit tests. Some of them don't work on upstream and have already been reported years ago
- checked that the produced software works as expected

pkgs/development/libraries/ndn-cxx/default.nix

···
-{ lib, stdenv
+{ lib
+, stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , doxygen
 , pkg-config
 , python3
 , python3Packages
 , wafHook
-, boost
+, boost175
 , openssl
 , sqlite
 }:
···
     owner = "named-data";
     repo = "ndn-cxx";
     rev = "${pname}-${version}";
-    sha256 = "1lcaqc79n3d9sip7knddblba17sz18b0w7nlxmj3fz3lb3z9qd51";
+    sha256 = "sha256-oTSc/lh0fDdk7dQeDhYKX5+gFl2t2Xlu1KkNmw7DitE=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ doxygen pkg-config python3 python3Packages.sphinx wafHook ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ boost openssl sqlite ];
+  buildInputs = [ boost175 openssl sqlite ];
 
   wafConfigureFlags = [
     "--with-openssl=${openssl.dev}"
-    "--boost-includes=${boost.dev}/include"
-    "--boost-libs=${boost.out}/lib"
+    "--boost-includes=${boost175.dev}/include"
+    "--boost-libs=${boost175.out}/lib"
+    # "--with-tests" # disabled since upstream tests fail (Net/TestFaceUri/ParseDev Bug #3896)
   ];
+
+
+  doCheck = false; # disabled since upstream tests fail (Net/TestFaceUri/ParseDev Bug #3896)
+  checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preCheck
+    LD_PRELOAD=build/ndn-cxx.so build/unit-tests
+    runHook postCheck
+  '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://named-data.net/";
···
     '';
     license = licenses.lgpl3;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ sjmackenzie ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ sjmackenzie bertof ];
   };
 }

pkgs/servers/nfd/default.nix

···
 { lib
 , stdenv
-, boost
+, boost175
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , libpcap
 , ndn-cxx
···
     owner = "named-data";
     repo = lib.toUpper pname;
     rev = "NFD-${version}";
-    sha256 = "1l9bchj8c68r6qw4vr1kc96jgxl0vpqa2vjkvy1xmhz92sivr6gi";
+    sha256 = "sha256-8Zm8oxbpw9qD31NuofDdgPYnTWIz5E04NhkZhiRkK9E=";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
···
   buildInputs = [ libpcap ndn-cxx openssl websocketpp ] ++ lib.optional withSystemd systemd;
 
   wafConfigureFlags = [
-    "--boost-includes=${boost.dev}/include"
-    "--boost-libs=${boost.out}/lib"
+    "--boost-includes=${boost175.dev}/include"
+    "--boost-libs=${boost175.out}/lib"
     "--with-tests"
   ] ++ lib.optional (!withWebSocket) "--without-websocket";
 

pkgs/tools/networking/ndn-tools/default.nix

···
 { lib
 , stdenv
-, boost
+, boost175
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , libpcap
 , ndn-cxx
···
     owner = "named-data";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "ndn-tools-${version}";
-    sha256 = "1q2d0v8srqjbvigr570qw6ia0d9f88aj26ccyxkzjjwwqdx3y4fy";
+    sha256 = "sha256-3hE/esOcS/ln94wZIRVCLjWgouEYnJJf3EvirNEGTeA=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config sphinx wafHook ];
   buildInputs = [ libpcap ndn-cxx openssl ];
 
   wafConfigureFlags = [
-    "--boost-includes=${boost.dev}/include"
-    "--boost-libs=${boost.out}/lib"
-    "--with-tests"
+    "--boost-includes=${boost175.dev}/include"
+    "--boost-libs=${boost175.out}/lib"
+    # "--with-tests"
   ];
 
-  doCheck = true;
+  doCheck = false;
   checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preCheck
     build/unit-tests
+    runHook postCheck
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {

pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

···
 
   captive-browser = callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/captive-browser { };
 
-  ndn-cxx = callPackage ../development/libraries/ndn-cxx {
-    boost = boost175;
-  };
+  ndn-cxx = callPackage ../development/libraries/ndn-cxx { };
 
   ndn-tools = callPackage ../tools/networking/ndn-tools { };