[CMake] What is the best way to handle Boost dependencies in a package config file

[Ruslan Baratov]

On 27-Jan-16 09:54, Johnson, Matt (GE Healthcare) wrote:
> I like package config files.  I want to use more of them.  However, I have a dependency on boost.  While boost has a Find module, it doesn't have a package config file.  I'm not going to be able to depend on the users of my package building boost via cmake (also, is that still an active thing?).
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> It seems like the best I could hope for is to generate the package config file, then hack it up to deal with the boost stuff.  Has anyone already solved this problem or have any tips?  I found this Hunter package manager (https://github.com/ruslo/hunter), but it seems a bit heavyweight when all I want is boost.
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> Also, I can't have my build system going out and downloading the packages - they all have to come from an internal source.
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Just for your information you can use "file://" links instead of regular 
"http://" in both hunter.cmake and HunterGate so there is no need to "go 
out" - you can be completely offline.

Ruslo