On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Ingolf Steinbach <ingolf.steinb...@googlemail.com> wrote: > 2009/9/18 John Drescher <dresche...@gmail.com>: >> You set BOOST_ROOT in your windows environment variables. > > Sorry, but I'd consider this just a workaround. > > From the discussion in this thread, I have the impression that the > only purpose of setting the BOOST_ROOT environment variable is to tell > FindBoost what the module should be able to do on its own: "find > Boost". IOW: If I have to tell cmake which exact version I am looking > for and where this version is installed, why would I want to FindBoost > at all? >
It's difficult on windows since there is no standard location for stuff like this. A lot of people dump this on C:\ but that is definitely not where I have any source code or libraries. This is not even on C: at all. What is the FindBoost to do search all paths that are valid for the current user? John _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
