Re: [boost] CMake Announcement from Boost Steering Committee

Subject: Re: [boost] CMake Announcement from Boost Steering Committee
From: Zach Laine (whatwasthataddress_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-07-18 20:33:32

On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 3:24 PM, Chris Glover via Boost <
boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:

[snip]

internal package manager before I can upgrade boost. Currently, all I need
> to do it write a script called from our custom build system that does
> something like;
>
> - call bootstrap
> - call b2 with appropriate flags (this is the hard part)
> - add the include path
> - synthesize the link libraries
>
> What's nice about this is that there are no dependencies -- everything is
> completely self contained, and I like that.
>

There is no reason why Boost+CMake can't do that too.

Zach