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

Subject: Re: [boost] [cmake] Minimum viable cmakeification for Boost
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-06-21 18:01:17

Niall Douglas wrote:
> > Even if so, you still need to be able to answer the question "how do I 
> > link to Asio in such a way so that its dependency System is 
> > statically/dynamically linked?"
>
> I'm saying that ASIO header only users almost certainly will also want 
> header only Boost.System.

I don't think so (although now that it has been fixed to use Winapi instead 
of <windows.h>, maybe).

But even if true, users of static library A that uses Asio will not 
necessarily want a header-only Boost.System, which means that static library 
A has to have a way to link to Asio "statically".