Re: [Boost-users] Forcing boost to build zlib

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Forcing boost to build zlib
From: Roger Leigh (rleigh_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-01-12 15:13:25

On 12/01/2019 15:07, Simon Michalke via Boost-users wrote:
> 
> yes, I know that works and I got that working. But do I really need to 
> link the source? Because bjam automatically uses the system header and 
> static lib on Linux. This works just fine.
> 
> I just want to give bjam the header and static library manually.

I use

-sZLIB_BINARY=
-sZLIB_INCLUDE=
-sZLIB_LIBPATH=

as in 
https://gitlab.com/codelibre/ome-cmake-superbuild/blob/master/packages/boost/build.cmake#L41 
and it works correctly for me.  I've never been a fan of Boost wanting 
to try to build third-party libraries.

Regards,
Roger