Hi Michael~
> That does seem to be the rub, at least on a Windows build. Something about
> ExternalProject_Add ain't quite kosher with what the Boost build system
> expects and it needs a little help.
> Using ExternalProject_Add, it succeeds, to a point. Then it falls over
> looking for b2 no
On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 4:54 PM, paul wrote:
> For building boost with cmake you can use this cmake script:
>
> https://github.com/pfultz2/cget/blob/master/cget/cmake/boost.cmake
>
> You can drop it in at the top of the boost tree and it will build Boost.Build
> and then build boost with b2. This w
For building boost with cmake you can use this cmake script:
https://github.com/pfultz2/cget/blob/master/cget/cmake/boost.cmake
You can drop it in at the top of the boost tree and it will build Boost.Build
and then build boost with b2. This will map the cmake toolchain to the boost
toolchain so t
On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 3:58 PM, Jacob Barrett wrote:
> The Apache Geode Native project is building Boost as an external project.
> You may want to look at our setup for inspiration. It builds correction on
> Windows with VS, Solaris x86 and SPARC with Solaris Studio, Linux with GCC
> and OS X with
The Apache Geode Native project is building Boost as an external project.
You may want to look at our setup for inspiration. It builds correction on
Windows with VS, Solaris x86 and SPARC with Solaris Studio, Linux with GCC
and OS X with Xcode.Right now we are purely header only so if you need some
On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 3:06 PM, Michael Powell wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 2:34 PM, Michael Powell wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> This question has been raised from time to time I think. I am trying
>> to build Boost as an ExternalProject, but I am ending up with an
>> error: 'cmd.exe' returned with
On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 2:34 PM, Michael Powell wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This question has been raised from time to time I think. I am trying
> to build Boost as an ExternalProject, but I am ending up with an
> error: 'cmd.exe' returned with exit code 1. Along these lines.
>From the Boost VC project fi
Hello,
This question has been raised from time to time I think. I am trying
to build Boost as an ExternalProject, but I am ending up with an
error: 'cmd.exe' returned with exit code 1. Along these lines.
Perhaps I have involved one too many variables, but I doubt it. Ignore
the cross-plat stuff,
