Re: [boost] Cmake

Subject: Re: [boost] Cmake
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-06-24 18:11:15

P F wrote:
> >> And this works for both `add_subdirectory` build and standalone builds.
> >
> > Provided that the user has installed BCM, I presume? Because otherwise 
> > find_package(BCM) won't work.
>
> Yes, of course, and considering that building standalone requires quite a 
> bit of dependencies(six just for system) to be installed already, I don’t 
> think one more dependency will be a problem in this scenario.

It's not a problem for standalone builds, where you do need to install and 
build dependencies, whether six or seven. For the add_subdirectory case, 
however, it changes the number of dependencies requiring installation from 0 
to 1.