> -----Original Message----- > From: Ruslan Baratov [mailto:ruslan_bara...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 2:18 AM > To: Johnson, Matt (GE Healthcare) > Cc: cmake@cmake.org > Subject: Re: [CMake] What is the best way to handle Boost dependencies in > a package config file > > On 27-Jan-16 09:54, Johnson, Matt (GE Healthcare) wrote: > > I like package config files. I want to use more of them. However, I have a > dependency on boost. While boost has a Find module, it doesn't have a > package config file. I'm not going to be able to depend on the users of my > package building boost via cmake (also, is that still an active thing?). > > > > It seems like the best I could hope for is to generate the package config > > file, > then hack it up to deal with the boost stuff. Has anyone already solved this > problem or have any tips? I found this Hunter package manager > (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https- > 3A__github.com_ruslo_hunter&d=CwIC- > g&c=IV_clAzoPDE253xZdHuilRgztyh_RiV3wUrLrDQYWSI&r=qts7iZJBjQRtedrrc > qcDRKGTou2a2ZKSs95InlFGa34&m=h5ntMfnYSIOG1mQp_twkUPunK5Nz0q9 > HBqa7Ld4B_hs&s=zi9sk8NwKokHEqrLyGA5a_yrRxLdHF9P7ID23wgrWPY&e= > ), but it seems a bit heavyweight when all I want is boost. > -- > > Also, I can't have my build system going out and downloading the packages > - they all have to come from an internal source. > > > Just for your information you can use "file://" links instead of regular > "https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__&d=CwIC- > g&c=IV_clAzoPDE253xZdHuilRgztyh_RiV3wUrLrDQYWSI&r=qts7iZJBjQRtedrrc > qcDRKGTou2a2ZKSs95InlFGa34&m=h5ntMfnYSIOG1mQp_twkUPunK5Nz0q9 > HBqa7Ld4B_hs&s=ts63TtZeGvflnLyyJ8pKESTjxabuzNCPmS0fGn_1L7E&e= " in > both hunter.cmake and HunterGate so there is no need to "go out" - you can > be completely offline. > > Ruslo
Ruslo - thanks for that. I'm seriously going to look into Hunter more. From my cursory glance at it, it's a seriously impressive bit of cmake scripting. Can I ask you a few follow ups? 1. in the case of boost, what it is doing is using the find package module, then creating import targets based off the information. Correct? 2. If I require a newer version of boost than what is listed in the gate file, I'd need to update hunter.cmake and HunterGate, correct? 3. If I want to distribute my package to others, they too would need to use Hunter, correct? Since boost doesn't have a package config file in its distribution, the dependency targets (e.g. Boost::regex) wouldn't exist on their system) Any tips on this? Thanks again for your hard work on Hunter. I've done a bit of cmake to download and install some dependencies in the past. Yours is WAY nicer than what I came up with. Matt -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake
