[CMake] Problem with Linking CXX shared module

[Marcel Loose]

I disagree,

Quoting from the book "Mastering CMake: A Cross-Platform Build System",
section 7.4 on page 115:

  find_package(OpenGL)

is equivalent to

  include(${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/FindOpenGL.cmake)

and

  include(FindOpenGL)

However, find_package() offers a means to specify components, which
you'll definitely need when using FindBoost. Otherwise, as Andreas
noted, it will not search for any Boost libraries. So, in general,
you're better of using find_package().

Best regards,
Marcel Loose.

-----Original Message-----
From: Andreas Pakulat <apaku at gmx.de>
To: cmake at cmake.org
Subject: Re: [CMake] Problem with Linking CXX shared module
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 09:37:17 +0200

On 28.05.09 11:27:45, nazia zaman wrote:
 
> # Find library locations using convenient cmake search functions
> include (FindBoost)
> include (FindPythonLibs)

This is wrong, these modules shouldn't be include()'ed. You need to use
find_package(Boost) and find_package(PythonLibs). See also the cmake
manual. Additionally you need to supply the components for Boost that
you later want to link against (i.e. the boost libraries) as explained
in the cmake manual. Else Boost_LIBRARIES will be empty.

Andreas