[CMake] ExternalProject_Add with custom build/make command for Boost

[David Cole]

INSTALL_COMMAND ""

should work. (Assuming you're doing "./b2 install" as the BUILD_COMMAND...?)

Check out how the open chemistry project builds boost as an
ExternalProject as a reference point:
https://github.com/OpenChemistry/openchemistry/blob/master/cmake/External_boost.cmake


HTH,
David C.


On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 5:40 PM, Nicholas Yue <yue.nicholas at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>   I am trying to build Boost (1.47.0) using CMake's ExternalProject_Add()
>
>   I got it to build and install via it's bjam "./b2 install"
>
>   However, there is an implicit "make install" generated by CMake which will
> fail because there is no Makefile so to speak with an install target.
>
>   ExternalProject_Add() has many configuration parameter and I am wondering
> if there is one which I can use to tell it not to attempt to "make install"
>
> Cheers
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