Re: [boost] [cmake] Minimum viable cmakeification for Boost

Subject: Re: [boost] [cmake] Minimum viable cmakeification for Boost
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-06-20 14:30:17

Thomas Heller wrote:
> Am 20.06.2017 4:20 nachm. schrieb "Peter Dimov via Boost" <
> boost_at_[hidden]>:
>
> > Thomas Heller wrote:
> >
> > > Err, I tend to highly disagree here. As a library author, I can not 
> > > know if my users need a static or shared library.
> >
> >
> > You don't have to know. You provide library::static and library::shared 
> > targets, they link to whatever they prefer.
>
> That's problematic​. There are platforms which don't allow for shared 
> libraries. Is the implication that I always have two sets of binaries 
> lying around? Sometimes, objects need to be built differently, so I'll get 
> to build everything twice by default?

I don't understand what you're saying here. Having two targets doesn't mean 
that both get built. If the project links to the target, it gets built, 
otherwise not.