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

On Oct 7, 2016, at 8:06 AM, Vinnie Falco wrote:

I just got CMake working to find my OpenSSL installation and let me tell you, it was a breeze. First of all you need to install OpenSSL for Windows. I used 1.0.2j. The 1.1.0 series doesn't work since they changed all the filenames around.

Then you just add this line to your CMakeLists.txt: find_package(OpenSSL)

WHAT!? That's it? Yeah. It should be this easy in a Jamfile. You can have both 32 and 64 bit OpenSSL libraries installed. And it correctly links against the debug libraries if you are building a debug executable.

How does CMake do it? There's a nifty little program called FindOpenSSL. The source is here: https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/blob/master/Modules/FindOpenSSL.cmake

Unfortunately, its broken when using with pkgconfig on windows, with this: if (UNIX) find_package(PkgConfig QUIET) pkg_check_modules(_OPENSSL QUIET openssl) endif () It should try to find it with pkgconfig first and then fallback to guessing. Paul