[CMake] ExternalProject_Add and Boost

[Mathias Gaunard]

On 18/06/2012 08:42, Knox, Kent wrote:

> BUILD_COMMAND bjam --with-program_options address-model=64
> toolset=msvc-11.0 link=static stage

Two comments here:
  - bjam has been renamed to b2 since Boost 1.47
  - this probably uses the bjam/b2 in the path, rather than the one that 
you just built with bootstrap.bat, which is just asking for problems


> 1.Github appears to only use the https protocol, and the cmake file(
> download … ) command does not appear to handle this protocol. So, I
> think GitHub is verboten for any ExternalProject_Add. Am I right, or am
> I missing something? Any plans to add https support?

Github also provides the git protocol, or did you just mean the zip 
download function?