Index: meson-0.53.1/test cases/frameworks/1 boost/meson.build
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--- meson.build
+++ meson.build
@@ -22,24 +22,14 @@ endif
 # Use one without a library dependency and one with it.
 
 linkdep = dependency('boost', modules : ['thread', 'system', 'test'])
-staticdep = dependency('boost', modules : ['thread', 'system'], static : true)
 testdep = dependency('boost', modules : ['unit_test_framework'])
 nomoddep = dependency('boost')
 extralibdep = dependency('boost', modules : ['thread', 'system', 'log_setup', 'log'])
 
 pymod = import('python')
-python2 = pymod.find_installation('python2', required: host_machine.system() == 'linux', disabler: true)
 python3 = pymod.find_installation('python3', required: host_machine.system() == 'linux', disabler: true)
-python2dep = python2.dependency(required: host_machine.system() == 'linux', embed: true, disabler: true)
 python3dep = python3.dependency(required: host_machine.system() == 'linux', embed: true, disabler: true)
 
-# compile python 2/3 modules only if we found a corresponding python version
-if(python2dep.found() and host_machine.system() == 'linux')
-  bpython2dep = dependency('boost', modules : ['python'], required: false, disabler: true)
-else
-  python2dep = disabler()
-  bpython2dep = disabler()
-endif
 
 if(python3dep.found() and host_machine.system() == 'linux')
   bpython3dep = dependency('boost', modules : ['python3'], required: false, disabler: true)
@@ -49,24 +39,19 @@ else
 endif
 
 linkexe = executable('linkedexe', 'linkexe.cc', dependencies : linkdep)
-staticexe = executable('staticlinkedexe', 'linkexe.cc', dependencies : staticdep)
 unitexe = executable('utf', 'unit_test.cpp', dependencies: testdep)
 nomodexe = executable('nomod', 'nomod.cpp', dependencies : nomoddep)
 extralibexe = executable('extralibexe', 'extralib.cpp', dependencies : extralibdep)
 
 # python modules are shared libraries
-python2module = shared_library('python2_module', ['python_module.cpp'], dependencies: [python2dep, bpython2dep], name_prefix: '', cpp_args: ['-DMOD_NAME=python2_module'])
 python3module = shared_library('python3_module', ['python_module.cpp'], dependencies: [python3dep, bpython3dep], name_prefix: '', cpp_args: ['-DMOD_NAME=python3_module'])
 
 test('Boost linktest', linkexe)
-test('Boost statictest', staticexe)
 test('Boost UTF test', unitexe)
 test('Boost nomod', nomodexe)
 test('Boost extralib test', extralibexe)
 
 # explicitly use the correct python interpreter so that we don't have to provide two different python scripts that have different shebang lines
-python2interpreter = find_program(python2.path(), required: false, disabler: true)
-test('Boost Python2', python2interpreter, args: ['./test_python_module.py', meson.current_build_dir()], workdir: meson.current_source_dir(), depends: python2module)
 python3interpreter = find_program(python3.path(), required: false, disabler: true)
 test('Boost Python3', python3interpreter, args: ['./test_python_module.py', meson.current_build_dir()], workdir: meson.current_source_dir(), depends: python3module)
 
@@ -74,3 +59,4 @@ subdir('partial_dep')
 
 # check we can apply a version constraint
 dependency('boost', version: '>=@0@'.format(dep.version()))
+