[CMake] FindBoost not setting Boost_LIBRARIES

McNamara, Nate nate.mcnamara at rbccm.com
Wed May 12 08:55:03 EDT 2010


Michael,

Capitalizing Boost fixed the first part.  Now I need to figure out why
it still won't link :-)

Thanks!
Nate

> _____________________________________________ 
> From: 	McNamara, Nate  
> Sent:	May 11, 2010 4:07 PM
> To:	'cmake at cmake.org'
> Subject:	FindBoost not setting Boost_LIBRARIES
> 
> Hello!
> 
> I've been struggling with find_package(boost ...): although it
> succeeds up to a point, it doesn't finish the job.  I must be doing
> something wrong.
> 
> The output below shows that boost is found, and several of the
> expected variables are set, but Boost_LIBRARIES is not.  I suspect
> that means  that, although the boost installation was found, the
> particular component (i.e., the unit_test_framework) was not.
> 
> The weird thing is that, when I get to the link step, link knows the
> exact file name it should link, but doesn't find it:
> 
> 	1>LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file
> 'libboost_unit_test_framework-vc80-mt-gd-1_42.lib'
> 
> Any hints much appreciated!
> Nate
> 
> 
> 
> H:\devel\build>type CMakeLists.txt
> cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
> project(foo)
> 
> set(Boost_DEBUG TRUE)
> find_package(boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS unit_test_framework)
> message(STATUS "Boost_VERSION=" ${Boost_VERSION})
> message(STATUS "Boost_LIBRARIES=" ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
> message(STATUS "Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS=" ${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS})
> message(STATUS "Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS=" ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
> 
> H:\devel\build>mkdir devenv
> 
> H:\devel\build>cd devenv
> 
> H:\devel\build\devenv>cmake ..
> -- Building for: Visual Studio 8 2005
> -- Check for working C compiler using: Visual Studio 8 2005
> -- Check for working C compiler using: Visual Studio 8 2005 -- works
> -- Detecting C compiler ABI info
> -- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
> -- Check for working CXX compiler using: Visual Studio 8 2005
> -- Check for working CXX compiler using: Visual Studio 8 2005 -- works
> -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
> -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
> -- [ C:/Program Files/CMake
> 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:373 ] Boost not in cache
> -- [ C:/Program Files/CMake
> 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:376 ] _boost_TEST_VERSIONS
> = 1.42;1.42.0;1.41.0;1.41;1.40.0;1.40;1.39.0;1.39;1.38.0;1.38
> ;1.37.0;1.37;1.36.1;1.36.0;1.36;1.35.1;1.35.0;1.35;1.34.1;1.34.0;1.34;
> 1.33.1;1.3
> 3.0;1.33
> -- [ C:/Program Files/CMake
> 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:378 ]
> Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED = TRUE
> -- [ C:/Program Files/CMake
> 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:380 ]
> Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS = on
> -- [ C:/Program Files/CMake
> 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:439 ] Declared as CMake or
> Environmental Variables:
> -- [ C:/Program Files/CMake
> 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:441 ]BOOST_ROOT =
> C:/Program Files/boost/boost_1_42
> -- [ C:/Program Files/CMake
> 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:443 ]BOOST_INCLUDEDIR =
> -- [ C:/Program Files/CMake
> 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:445 ]BOOST_LIBRARYDIR =
> -- [ C:/Program Files/CMake
> 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:447 ] _boost_TEST_VERSIONS
> = 1.42;1.42.0;1.41.0;1.41;1.40.0;1.40;1.39.0;1.39;1.38.0;1.38
> ;1.37.0;1.37;1.36.1;1.36.0;1.36;1.35.1;1.35.0;1.35;1.34.1;1.34.0;1.34;
> 1.33.1;1.3
> 3.0;1.33
> -- [ C:/Program Files/CMake
> 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:496 ] Include debugging
> info:
> -- [ C:/Program Files/CMake
> 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:498
> ]_boost_INCLUDE_SEARCH_DIRS = C:/Program
> Files/boost/boost_1_42/include;C:/Program
> Files/boost/boost_1_42;C:/boost/include;C:/boost;C:\Program
> Files/boost/include;C:\Program Files/boost;/sw/local/include
> -- [ C:/Program Files/CMake
> 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:500 ]
> _boost_PATH_SUFFIXES =
> boost-1_42;boost_1_42;boost-1_42_0;boost_1_42_0;boost-1_4
> 1_0;boost_1_41_0;boost-1_41;boost_1_41;boost-1_40_0;boost_1_40_0;boost
> -1_40;boos
> t_1_40;boost-1_39_0;boost_1_39_0;boost-1_39;boost_1_39;boost-1_38_0;bo
> ost_1_38_0
> ;boost-1_38;boost_1_38;boost-1_37_0;boost_1_37_0;boost-1_37;boost_1_37
> ;boost-1_3
> 6_1;boost_1_36_1;boost-1_36_0;boost_1_36_0;boost-1_36;boost_1_36;boost
> -1_35_1;bo
> ost_1_35_1;boost-1_35_0;boost_1_35_0;boost-1_35;boost_1_35;boost-1_34_
> 1;boost_1_
> 34_1;boost-1_34_0;boost_1_34_0;boost-1_34;boost_1_34;boost-1_33_1;boos
> t_1_33_1;b
> oost-1_33_0;boost_1_33_0;boost-1_33;boost_1_33
> -- [ C:/Program Files/CMake
> 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:524 ] location of
> version.hpp: C:/Program Files/boost/boost_1_42/boost/version.hpp
> -- [ C:/Program Files/CMake
> 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:543 ] version.hpp reveals
> boost 1.42.0
> -- [ C:/Program Files/CMake
> 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:634 ] guessed
> _boost_COMPILER = -vc80
> -- [ C:/Program Files/CMake
> 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:644 ] _boost_MULTITHREADED
> = -mt
> -- [ C:/Program Files/CMake
> 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:661 ] _boost_STATIC_TAG =
> -s
> -- [ C:/Program Files/CMake
> 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:663 ] _boost_ABI_TAG = gd
> -- [ C:/Program Files/CMake
> 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:696 ]
> _boost_LIBRARIES_SEARCH_DIRS = C:/Program
> Files/boost/boost_1_42/lib;C:/Program
> Files/boost/boost_1_42/stage/lib;C:/Program
> Files/boost/boost_1_42/lib;C:/Program
> Files/boost/boost_1_42/../lib;C:/boost/lib;C:/boost;C:\Program
> Files/boost/boost
> _1_42_0/lib;C:\Program Files/boost/boost_1_42/lib;C:\Program
> Files/boost/lib;C:\Program Files/boost;/sw/local/lib
> -- [ C:/Program Files/CMake
> 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:830 ] Boost_FOUND = TRUE
> -- Boost version: 1.42.0
> -- Boost_VERSION=104200
> -- Boost_LIBRARIES=
> -- Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS=C:/Program Files/boost/boost_1_42/lib
> -- Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS=C:/Program Files/boost/boost_1_42
> -- Configuring done
> -- Generating done
> -- Build files have been written to: H:/devel/build/devenv
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