[CMake] cmake and boost

[Nehme Bilal]

Thanks all for your responses !

I tried James C. Sutherland solution and modified my 
CMakeList like this:
############################################################
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6.4 FATAL_ERROR)

include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/boost/src)

include( ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/boost/build/lib/Exports.cmake 
)
	
add_executable(my_program main.cpp)

target_link_libraries(my_program 
boost_date_time-mt-shared)
############################################################

it worked but when I try to :
#include "boost/date_time/posix_time/time_parsers.hpp"

I get this error:
libboost_date_time-vc100-mt-gd-1_41.lib

in boost\build\lib\Debug, I have:
libboost_date_time-vc-mt-gd-1_41.lib

Why is visual studio trying to look for "vc" instead of 
"vc100" ?

for the other proposed solutions, am not sure I understand 
how to do it correctly because I don't know cmake that 
well. can you modify my CMakeList and add what you are 
proposing ?

Thanks.
Nehme


On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:43:53 -0400
  Michael Jackson <mike.jackson at bluequartz.net> wrote:
> 
> On Mar 19, 2010, at 3:34 PM, James C. Sutherland wrote:
> 
>>>
>>> Why not just let the user decide where they'd like to 
>>>get boost, and simplify your build system by just using 
>>>find_package(Boost)?
>>>
>>> For example, this is all you need for a simple 
>>>boost-using app...
>>>
>>> find_package(Boost 1.34.0 REQUIRED COMPONENTS filesystem 
>>>system)
>>> include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR})
>>> add_executable(yourapp yourapp.cpp)
>>> target_link_libraries(yourapp ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
>>>
>> Indeed this is the best approach, although it isn't 
>>quite that straightforward in all cases since the 
>>FindBoost.cmake module functions a bit differently with 
>>the CMake installation than it does with the bjam 
>>installation.  For example, I do something like:
>>
>> if( BOOST_CMAKE )
>>   set(Boost_USE_STATIC ON)
>>   find_package( Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${boost_comps} 
>>NO_MODULE )
>> else()
>>   set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
>>   find_package( Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${boost_comps} 
>>)
>> endif()
>>
>> where I define BOOST_CMAKE if I have a cmake-based boost 
>>installation.
> 
> Hmm, I don't have to do any of that for my Boost-Cmake 
>installation. There is a "trick" to configuring the 
>Boost_CMake build so that it has the same layout as a 
>bjam built boost.
> 
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