Strange, the FindBoost module expects boost libraries start with "boost_" by default. But the libraries I got from the default build configuration start with "libboost_". No wonder it did not work the first I tried.
Thanks, David On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 1:15 PM Xi Shen <davidshe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, the official FindBoost works better xD > > > On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 8:40 PM Nils Gladitz <nilsglad...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On 25.12.2015 10:36, Xi Shen wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I know I can check MSVC to determine if the Visual Studio generator is >> > used. But how do I find out which version is been used? >> >> MSVC indicates that the Visual C++ compiler (or something compatible) is >> being used; which does not necessarily mean a Visual Studio generator. >> If you do need to make that distinction you can check MSVC_IDE [1] >> instead. >> >> > >> > The reason I want to find the the version of VS being used, is because >> > I need to link to the Boost libraries. Boost create its libraries with >> > suffixes like "-vs120-mt", etc. and "vs120" indicates Visual Studio >> 2013. >> >> Why aren't you using the Boost find module[2] included with CMake? It >> already accounts for Boost's library name mangling. >> >> The module uses e.g. the MSVC12 [3] variable to detect "vc120". >> But I am guessing CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_VERSION [4] might work for this >> use case nowadays as well. >> >> Nils >> >> [1] https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.4/variable/MSVC_IDE.html >> [2] https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.4/module/FindBoost.html >> [3] https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.4/variable/MSVC12.html >> [4] >> >> https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.4/variable/CMAKE_LANG_COMPILER_VERSION.html >> > -- > > Regards, > David > -- Regards, David
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