Re: [Boost-cmake] RFC: exported targets

Subject: Re: [Boost-cmake] RFC: exported targets
From: Ingmar Vanhassel (ingmar_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-29 18:27:41

Excerpts from troy d. straszheim's message of Thu Oct 29 23:18:12 +0100 2009:
> Ingmar Vanhassel wrote:
> > Excerpts from troy d. straszheim's message of Thu Oct 29 21:03:01 +0100 2009:
> >> Brad King wrote:
> >>> troy d. straszheim wrote:
> >>>> Michael Jackson wrote:
> >>>>> This is THE SINGLE IMPROVEMENT someone could make for those of us
> >>>>> using CMake and are dependent on the boost libraries.
> >>>> I did some work on this.  CMake exported targets are really cool.  This
> >>>> doesn't solve the entire FindBoost.cmake problem, but it is easy.
> >>>>
> >>>> http://sodium.resophonic.com/boost-cmake/current-docs/exported_targets.html
> >>> More documentation appears here:
> >>>
> >>>   http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_2.6_Notes
> >>>
> >>> Of particular interest is the install(EXPORT) feature.  It does for
> >>> install trees what the export() command does for build trees.
> >>>
> >> Yes.  This is a great cmake feature. Boost.CMake now uses this to 
> >> install a $PREFIX/lib/Boost.cmake file.
> > 
> > Can we agree on $PREFIX/lib$LIB_SUFFIX/cmake/Boost.cmake please?
> 
> I haven't forgotten about LIB_SUFFIX.  It is footnoted in the exported 
> targets section of the docs:

I meant the cmake/ subdirectory, to avoid cluttering the library
directory with .cmake files. KDE did this too. :-)

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