Re: Linker errors under Linux on using locale in a tiny example - using my own boost build

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-03-20 20:19:27

Andrey Semashev wrote:
> On 3/20/24 23:07, Peter Dimov via Boost wrote:
> > Dennis Luehring wrote:
> > ...
> >> find_package( Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS locale ) add_executable(
> >> my_test main.cpp) target_link_libraries( my_test PRIVATE Boost::boost
> >> )
> > ...
> >> any idea what is happening here?
> >
> > Since Locale is a compiled library, you need to link to Boost::locale.
> >
> > target_link_libraries( my_test PRIVATE Boost::boost Boost::locale )
> 
> What is the Boost::boost target?

It's the (FindBoost) target for all header-only libraries.

https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/module/FindBoost.html#imported-targets

We call this Boost::headers, but Boost::boost is also defined for compatibility.