From: David Wells <drwells@email.unc.edu>
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2022 19:20:47 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: Revert "Boost: Disallow version 1.77 due to multiple unresolved upstream bugs"
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Revert "Boost: Disallow version 1.77 due to multiple unresolved upstream bugs"

This reverts commit badbdc83517e2ea35c5b8650646b66a2f4f5be2c.
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diff --git a/cmake/configure/configure_2_boost.cmake b/cmake/configure/configure_2_boost.cmake
index beb510575e..b61c7a64d5 100644
--- a/cmake/configure/configure_2_boost.cmake
+++ b/cmake/configure/configure_2_boost.cmake
@@ -146,25 +146,6 @@ MACRO(FEATURE_BOOST_FIND_EXTERNAL var)
   IF(BOOST_FOUND)
     SET(${var} TRUE)
 
-    #
-    # Set BOOST_DIR to something meaningful if empty
-    #
-    IF("${BOOST_DIR}" STREQUAL "")
-      SET(BOOST_DIR "<system location>")
-    ENDIF()
-
-    IF(BOOST_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 1.77)
-      MESSAGE(STATUS "Could not find a sufficient Boost installation: "
-        "deal.II is not compatible with Boost version 1.77."
-        )
-      SET(BOOST_ADDITIONAL_ERROR_STRING
-        ${BOOST_ADDITIONAL_ERROR_STRING}
-        "The Boost installation (found at \"${BOOST_DIR}\")\n"
-        "with version ${BOOST_VERSION} is not compatible with deal.II.\n\n"
-        )
-      SET(${var} FALSE)
-    ENDIF()
-
     IF(DEAL_II_WITH_ZLIB)
       #
       # Test that Boost.Iostreams is usable.