CMP0167

Added in version 3.30.

The FindBoost module is removed.

CMake 3.29 and below provide a FindBoost module, but it needs constant updates to keep up with upstream Boost releases. Upstream Boost 1.70 and above provide a BoostConfig.cmake package configuration file. find_package(Boost CONFIG) finds the upstream package directly, without the find module.

CMake 3.30 and above prefer to not provide the FindBoost module so that find_package(Boost) calls, without the CONFIG or NO_MODULE options, find the upstream BoostConfig.cmake directly. This policy provides compatibility for projects that have not been ported to use the upstream Boost package.

The OLD behavior of this policy is for find_package(Boost) to load CMake's FindBoost module. The NEW behavior is for find_package(Boost) to search for the upstream BoostConfig.cmake.

This policy was introduced in CMake version 3.30. It may be set by cmake_policy() or cmake_minimum_required(). If it is not set, CMake warns, and uses OLD behavior.

Note

The OLD behavior of a policy is deprecated by definition and may be removed in a future version of CMake.