[CMake] Can't use Boost ??

Tue Oct 17 04:56:26 EDT 2006

I have created a much better FindBoost.cmake module. It isn't tested on
all plattforms yet, but it should work just fine under Linux and Mac. As
soon as it is tested, I'll try to get it upstream.

You can find it here:

http://dev.openwengo.com/trac/openwengo/trac.cgi/browser/wengophone-ng/trunk/cmake/Modules/FindBoost.cmake

	-- andreas

frederic heem wrote:
> Hi,
> FindBoost.cmake is used on a FC5 without any trouble on my project.
> Please find attached a copy of it, they may be different
> 
> Alle 10:26, martedì 17 ottobre 2006, Matthieu Brucher ha scritto:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to use Boost in my applications. On Windows, no problem, it can
>> now find the good headers and libraries thank to FindBoost.cmake.
>> On Linux, on FC5 or on Debian testing, I have cmake 2.4-patch3, with the
>> FindBoost.cmake file, but when I launch cmake, i complains that BOOST_DIR
>> is not set and that it must be set to the directory containing
>> BOOSTConfig.cmake. But I do not posess afile named like that, and looking
>> after it on the web - google - did not find a match, so I really don't
>> understand why I should have this file on Linux and not on Windows :(
>> Any hint toward a solution ?
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> # - Find the Boost includes and libraries.
>> # The following variables are set if Boost is found.  If Boost is not
>> # found, Boost_FOUND is set to false.
>> #  Boost_FOUND        - True when the Boost include directory is found.
>> #  Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS - the path to where the boost include files are.
>> #  Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS - The path to where the boost library files are.
>> #  Boost_LIB_DIAGNOSTIC_DEFINITIONS - Only set if using Windows.
>>
>> # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> # If you have installed Boost in a non-standard location or you have
>> # just staged the boost files using bjam then you have three
>> # options. In the following comments, it is assumed that <Your Path>
>> # points to the root directory of the include directory of Boost. e.g
>> # If you have put boost in C:\development\Boost then <Your Path> is
>> # "C:/development/Boost" and in this directory there will be two
>> # directories called "include" and "lib".
>> # 1) After CMake runs, set Boost_INCLUDE_DIR to <Your Path>/include/boost<-version>
>> # 2) Use CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH to set a path to <Your Path>/include. This will allow FIND_PATH()
>> #    to locate Boost_INCLUDE_DIR by utilizing the PATH_SUFFIXES option. e.g.
>> #    SET(CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH ${CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH} "<Your Path>/include")
>> # 3) Set an environment variable called ${BOOST_ROOT} that points to the root of where you have
>> #    installed Boost, e.g. <Your Path>. It is assumed that there is at least a subdirectory called
>> #    include in this path.
>> #
>> # Note:
>> #  1) If you are just using the boost headers, then you do not need to use
>> #     Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS in your CMakeLists.txt file.
>> #  2) If Boost has not been installed, then when setting Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS
>> #     the script will look for /lib first and, if this fails, then for /stage/lib.
>> #
>> # Usage:
>> # In your CMakeLists.txt file do something like this:
>> # ...
>> # # Boost
>> # FIND_PACKAGE(Boost)
>> # ...
>> # INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
>> # LINK_DIRECTORIES(${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS})
>> #
>> # In Windows, we make the assumption that, if the Boost files are installed, the default directory
>> # will be C:\boost.
>>
>> #
>> # TODO:
>> #
>> # 1) Automatically find the Boost library files and eliminate the need
>> #    to use Link Directories.
>> #
>>
>> IF(WIN32)
>>   # In windows, automatic linking is performed, so you do not have to specify the libraries.
>>   # If you are linking to a dynamic runtime, then you can choose to link to either a static or a
>>   # dynamic Boost library, the default is to do a static link.  You can alter this for a specific
>>   # library "whatever" by defining BOOST_WHATEVER_DYN_LINK to force Boost library "whatever" to
>>   # be linked dynamically.  Alternatively you can force all Boost libraries to dynamic link by
>>   # defining BOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK.
>>
>>   # This feature can be disabled for Boost library "whatever" by defining BOOST_WHATEVER_NO_LIB,
>>   # or for all of Boost by defining BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB.
>>
>>   # If you want to observe which libraries are being linked against then defining
>>   # BOOST_LIB_DIAGNOSTIC will cause the auto-linking code to emit a #pragma message each time
>>   # a library is selected for linking.
>>   SET(Boost_LIB_DIAGNOSTIC_DEFINITIONS "-DBOOST_LIB_DIAGNOSTIC")
>> ENDIF(WIN32)
>>
>>
>> SET(BOOST_INCLUDE_PATH_DESCRIPTION "directory containing the boost include files. E.g /usr/local/include/boost-1_33_1 or c:\\boost\\include\\boost-1_33_1")
>>
>> SET(BOOST_DIR_MESSAGE "Set the Boost_INCLUDE_DIR cmake cache entry to the ${BOOST_INCLUDE_PATH_DESCRIPTION}")
>>
>> SET(BOOST_DIR_SEARCH $ENV{BOOST_ROOT})
>> IF(BOOST_DIR_SEARCH)
>>   FILE(TO_CMAKE_PATH ${BOOST_DIR_SEARCH} BOOST_DIR_SEARCH)
>>   SET(BOOST_DIR_SEARCH ${BOOST_DIR_SEARCH}/include)
>> ENDIF(BOOST_DIR_SEARCH)
>>
>> IF(WIN32)
>>   SET(BOOST_DIR_SEARCH
>>     ${BOOST_DIR_SEARCH}
>>     C:/boost/include
>>     D:/boost/include
>>   )
>> ENDIF(WIN32)
>>
>> # Add in some path suffixes. These will have to be updated whenever a new Boost version comes out.
>> SET(SUFFIX_FOR_PATH
>>  boost-1_34_1
>>  boost-1_34_0
>>  boost-1_33_1
>>  boost-1_33_0
>> )
>>
>> #
>> # Look for an installation.
>> #
>> FIND_PATH(Boost_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES boost/config.hpp PATH_SUFFIXES ${SUFFIX_FOR_PATH} PATHS
>>
>>   # Look in other places.
>>   ${BOOST_DIR_SEARCH}
>>
>>   # Help the user find it if we cannot.
>>   DOC "The ${BOOST_INCLUDE_PATH_DESCRIPTION}"
>> )
>>
>> # Assume we didn't find it.
>> SET(Boost_FOUND 0)
>>
>> # Now try to get the include and library path.
>> IF(Boost_INCLUDE_DIR)
>>
>>   # Look for the boost library path.
>>   # Note that the user may not have installed any libraries
>>   # so it is quite possible the Boost_LIBRARY_PATH may not exist.
>>   SET(Boost_LIBRARY_DIR ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR})
>>
>>   IF("${Boost_LIBRARY_DIR}" MATCHES "boost-[0-9]+")
>>     GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(Boost_LIBRARY_DIR ${Boost_LIBRARY_DIR} PATH)
>>   ENDIF ("${Boost_LIBRARY_DIR}" MATCHES "boost-[0-9]+")
>>
>>   IF("${Boost_LIBRARY_DIR}" MATCHES "/include$")
>>     # Strip off the trailing "/include" in the path.
>>     GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(Boost_LIBRARY_DIR ${Boost_LIBRARY_DIR} PATH)
>>   ENDIF("${Boost_LIBRARY_DIR}" MATCHES "/include$")
>>
>>   IF(EXISTS "${Boost_LIBRARY_DIR}/lib")
>>     SET (Boost_LIBRARY_DIR ${Boost_LIBRARY_DIR}/lib)
>>   ELSE(EXISTS "${Boost_LIBRARY_DIR}/lib")
>>     IF(EXISTS "${Boost_LIBRARY_DIR}/stage/lib")
>>       SET(Boost_LIBRARY_DIR ${Boost_LIBRARY_DIR}/stage/lib)
>>     ELSE(EXISTS "${Boost_LIBRARY_DIR}/stage/lib")
>>       SET(Boost_LIBRARY_DIR "")
>>     ENDIF(EXISTS "${Boost_LIBRARY_DIR}/stage/lib")
>>   ENDIF(EXISTS "${Boost_LIBRARY_DIR}/lib")
>>
>>   IF(EXISTS "${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR}")
>>     SET(Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR})
>>     # We have found boost. It is possible that the user has not
>>     # compiled any libraries so we set Boost_FOUND to be true here.
>>     SET(Boost_FOUND 1)
>>   ENDIF(EXISTS "${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR}")
>>
>>   IF(Boost_LIBRARY_DIR AND EXISTS "${Boost_LIBRARY_DIR}")
>>     SET(Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS ${Boost_LIBRARY_DIR})
>>   ENDIF(Boost_LIBRARY_DIR AND EXISTS "${Boost_LIBRARY_DIR}")
>> ENDIF(Boost_INCLUDE_DIR)
>>
>> IF(NOT Boost_FOUND)
>>   IF(NOT Boost_FIND_QUIETLY)
>>     MESSAGE(STATUS "Boost was not found. ${BOOST_DIR_MESSAGE}")
>>   ELSE(NOT Boost_FIND_QUIETLY)
>>     IF(Boost_FIND_REQUIRED)
>>       MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Boost was not found. ${BOOST_DIR_MESSAGE}")
>>     ENDIF(Boost_FIND_REQUIRED)
>>   ENDIF(NOT Boost_FIND_QUIETLY)
>> ENDIF(NOT Boost_FOUND)
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
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