Re: [boost] Proposal for moving Boost to CMake

Subject: Re: [boost] Proposal for moving Boost to CMake
From: P F (pfultz2_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-06-17 05:47:08

> On Jun 16, 2017, at 11:51 PM, David Sankel <camior_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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> On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 12:27 AM, P F <pfultz2_at_[hidden] <mailto:pfultz2_at_[hidden]>> wrote:
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> > On Jun 16, 2017, at 6:44 PM, David Sankel via Boost <boost_at_[hidden] <mailto:boost_at_[hidden]>> wrote:
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> > * There would be a list of CMake guidelines that we'd use.
> > * Boost libraries should be buildable in isolation and use
> >  'find_package(Boost...)' to discover their Boost dependencies.
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> I am just wondering how this would work. In general, this would require all the libraries to be built together. I don’t think libraries individually can provide components.
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> It doesn't require all the libraries to be built together and, yes, libraries can provide components. See this talk:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eH4hMKl7XE <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eH4hMKl7XE>
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Sorry, that was worded poorly. Rather a library can not add additional components to a previously installed library(not without some strange hackery).