Re: [boost] Cmake

Subject: Re: [boost] Cmake
From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-06-24 16:03:38

On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Stefan Seefeld via Boost <
boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On 24.06.2017 04:59, Peter Dimov via Boost wrote:
> > There is considerable interest in Boost supporting CMake, but it seems
> > that everyone has different ideas as to what this support will entail.
> > After deliberation and discussions, I have identified the following
> > (separate) scenarios:
>
> I'm a bit confused by the listing, as you use the term "user" in quite
> different ways.
>
> >
> > 1. The user installs a Boost release as usual with `b2 install`, which
> > makes the installation visible to CMake and usable via
> > find_package(boost_libname).
> >
> > 2. The user brings several Boost libraries as git submodules into his
> > CMake-based project and uses add_subdirectory in his CMakeLists.txt to
> > link to them.
> >
> > 3. The user uses CMake to install an individual Boost library, which
> > is then available for find_package.
> >
> > 4. The user uses CTest to run the tests of an individual Boost library.
> >
> > 5. CMake is supported as a way to build and install the entire Boost,
> > in place of b2.
> >
> > 6. CTest is supported as a way to run the tests for the entire Boost,
> > in place of b2.
>
> All but 1) are addressed at boost developers, i.e. people who want to
> build (, test, etc.) boost itself. Only 1) is concerned about users who
> want to use boost as external dependency to their own project.
>

I've been a "user" of Boost doing #2 in some of my projects. And I wrote b2
support to enable that use case (non-instrusively and external -- unlike
this concept -- so far)

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