Re: [boost] Using both boost 64 and 32 bit on Windows with CMake

On Tuesday 16 April 2013 22:05:34 Klaim - Joël Lamotte wrote:

On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 7:36 PM, Andrey Semashev

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You're not bound to these particular variables. CMake scripts can use environment varables and command line switches, which covers different configurations quite well. Just define a couple of your configuration variables for different targets and be done with it. You can even create your own CMake module that handles all the configuration specifics you have.

Yes, but it don't solve the problem "in general as there is no general way to identify boost binaries other than the native ones. Which means even if I provide a FindBoost version which is modified (like Michael's one) it will only work if the developer have put the binaries the way I decided they should be, not in a "conventional" way, which is my problem.

There is no "conventional" way on Windows, except for System32 and SysWOW64 folders for runtime libraries (which, I believe, is not your problem at this point, and should not be used directly anyway). Basically, you have to choose directory layout for every project you build. Whether or not you choose a particular layout as your convention is up to you.