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0007943CMakeModulespublic2008-11-05 03:262009-02-23 22:49
ReporterRW Penney 
Assigned ToPhilip Lowman 
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
StatusclosedResolutionfixed 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product VersionCMake-2-6 
Target VersionFixed in VersionCMake-2-6 
Summary0007943: Cannot find Boost headers (WIN32 version)
DescriptionDespite the claims that bug 0007456 has been fixed, I have not succeeded in getting either cmake-2.6.1 and cmake-2.6.2 to find the Boost headers under WIN32. Both cmake versions have been downloaded as executables from cmake.org, and Boost 1.35.0 has been installed in the default location C:/Boost.
I have tried multiple attempts at getting FindBoost.cmake to find the boost headers, including setting BOOST_ROOT, BOOST_INCLUDEDIR as recommended by the error-message issued by FindBoost.cmake. None of these has produced any success.
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Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2008-11-05 03:26RW PenneyNew Issue
2008-11-05 17:36Bill HoffmanStatusnew => assigned
2008-11-05 17:36Bill HoffmanAssigned To => Douglas Gregor
2008-11-05 17:36Bill HoffmanNote Added: 0014037
2008-11-06 03:29RW PenneyNote Added: 0014045
2008-11-06 10:11Bill HoffmanNote Added: 0014050
2008-11-06 12:02RW PenneyNote Added: 0014051
2009-01-10 09:40Alex NeundorfCategoryCMake => Modules
2009-01-15 01:59Philip LowmanNote Added: 0014562
2009-01-18 15:24Philip LowmanNote Added: 0014605
2009-01-18 15:24Philip LowmanAssigned ToDouglas Gregor => Philip Lowman
2009-01-18 15:24Philip LowmanStatusassigned => resolved
2009-01-18 15:24Philip LowmanResolutionopen => fixed
2009-02-23 22:49Philip LowmanNote Added: 0015313
2009-02-23 22:49Philip LowmanStatusresolved => closed
2009-02-23 22:49Philip LowmanFixed in Version => CMake-2-6

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(0014037)
Bill Hoffman   
2008-11-05 17:36   
Have you tried CMake 2.6.3 RC 1?
(0014045)
RW Penney   
2008-11-06 03:29   
Yes, I have now tried 2.6.3-RC1.

This also fails to find the Boost headers, apparently producing exactly the same dialog window (including suggestions about BOOST_ROOT).

For the time being, I shall be sticking with 2.4.8 (after manually adding 1_35, 1_35_0 etc to the list of versions searched by FindBoost.cmake).

Could the problem have something to do with the different separators used in the version-specific paths on WIN32 versus Linux (e.g. Boost_1_35 versus Boost-1.35)?
(0014050)
Bill Hoffman   
2008-11-06 10:11   
I just installed (well untared boost_1_37_0) onto my windows box. If I set BOOST_ROOT=c:/hoffman/Projects/boost_1_37_0, then do this:

project(test)
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.7)
find_package(Boost REQUIRED)


It finds boost no problem. Can you describe the steps you are taking?
(0014051)
RW Penney   
2008-11-06 12:02   
I have installed boost_1_35_0 from source using MSVC++9, compiling with 'bjam --build-type=complete' then installing with 'bjam --build-type=complete install'. This installs everything beneath the default path of C:\Boost, so that the 'config.hpp' which FindBoost.cmake searches for, is at 'C:\Boost\include\boost-1_35\boost\config.hpp'.

My CMakeLists.txt contains a very similar recipe to yours, in amongst many other options which I believe should have no impact on FindBoost.cmake. Exactly the same CMakeLists.txt has successfully found a variety of versions of Boost on Linux, OpenBSD, and Windows platforms, although never when I've tried using cmake-2.6 on Windows.

Hopefully you can suggest why Win32 is being so awkward?
Thanks.
(0014562)
Philip Lowman   
2009-01-15 01:59   
Okay, doing some bug triaging here. Please:

1.) Download the latest FindBoost.cmake from CVS, here:
http://public.kitware.com/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/Modules/?root=CMake [^]

2.) Download CMake 2.6.3 RC8 Windows prebuilt from here:
http://www.cmake.org/files/v2.6/ [^]

Then prior to calling FIND_PACKAGE(Boost...) please add this line:
SET(Boost_DEBUG TRUE)

Then if it doesn't work as you desired please post the results here and I'll have a closer look.
(0014605)
Philip Lowman   
2009-01-18 15:24   
I'm pretty sure this issue should be resolved. Please reopen the bug if you encounter any further difficulty with the FindBoost.cmake as checked into CVS.
(0015313)
Philip Lowman   
2009-02-23 22:49   
Fix available in 2.6.3