Re: [boost] Build: Trying to get Boost.Build toseemyOpenSSLonWindows

On 10/7/2016 2:51 PM, Vinnie Falco wrote:

On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Edward Diener wrote:

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I once asked on the CMake user's mailing list how CMake distinguishes between a 32-bit or a 64-bit package when the find_package command was used

Code distinguishing the library address model is here: https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/blob/master/Modules/FindOpenSSL.cmake#L124

That is very nice for OpenSSL but what about other packages ? For a 64-bit build the find_package(libxml2) finds the 32-bit libxml2 library and says that it has found the right package. I experience this when using CMake to build a 64-bit version of clang. I still don't think CMake's find_package command in general can distinguish between 32-bit and 64-bit packages of libraries or even knows which bit-ness it needs to find when executing the command. But again this is off-topic. All I am trying to say that instead of trying to claim that CMake does this and that as opposed to Boost Build you, and others, would be much be much better off to stop trying to suggest how good CMake is and just focus on how to do things with Boost Build if that is really what you want to know.

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I concluded...that CMake could not do so.

I tested it, and it works great for both 32 and 64 bit executable targets. You do have to run both OpenSSL installers.