[CMake] ExternalProject_Add and Boost

[Stefan Eilemann]

On 18. Jun 2012, at 20:03, Knox, Kent wrote:

> That is an interesting approach; if this 'superbuild' cmake project downloaded and built all the external dependencies first, then my project could find those dependencies with the appropriate find module?  I suppose that the 'superbuild' could set the BOOST_ROOT variable (or other appropriate variables) for my real project.  I'll play around with this idea when I get some time, thanks for the comment!

Yes, see for example: https://github.com/Eyescale/Buildyard/


HTH,

Stefan.

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