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From:
Landry Breuil <landry@openbsd.org>
Subject:
Re: [revision] devel/boost: Install BoostConfig.cmake
To:
Johannes Thyssen Tishman <jtt@openbsd.org>, ports@openbsd.org, Brad Smith <brad@comstyle.com>, Rafael Sadowski <rsadowski@openbsd.org>
Date:
Sun, 2 Mar 2025 13:41:05 +0100

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  • Landry Breuil:

    [revision] devel/boost: Install BoostConfig.cmake

  • Maximo Pech:

    [revision] devel/boost: Install BoostConfig.cmake

  • Le Sat, Mar 01, 2025 at 10:26:23AM +0000, Johannes Thyssen Tishman a écrit :
    > 2025-02-28T17:10:44+0000 Johannes Thyssen Tishman <jtt@openbsd.org>:
    > > From [1]:
    > > > CMake 3.29 and below provide a FindBoost module, but it needs constant
    > > > updates to keep up with upstream Boost releases. Upstream Boost 1.70
    > > > and above provide a BoostConfig.cmake package configuration file.
    > > > find_package(Boost CONFIG) finds the upstream package directly,
    > > > without the find module.
    > > >
    > > > CMake 3.30 and above prefer to not provide the FindBoost module so
    > > > that find_package(Boost) calls, without the CONFIG or NO_MODULE
    > > > options, find the upstream BoostConfig.cmake directly. This policy
    > > > provides compatibility for projects that have not been ported to use
    > > > the upstream Boost package.
    > > >
    > > > The OLD behavior of this policy is for find_package(Boost) to load
    > > > CMake's FindBoost module. The NEW behavior is for find_package(Boost)
    > > > to search for the upstream BoostConfig.cmake.
    > > >
    > > > This policy was introduced in CMake version 3.30. It may be set by
    > > > cmake_policy() or cmake_minimum_required(). If it is not set, CMake
    > > > warns, and uses OLD behavior.
    > > 
    > > So if a project explicitly sets a policy version >= 3.30, CMake won't
    > > look for the FindBoost.cmake module installed by devel/cmake/core and
    > > will instead look for the BoostConfig.cmake file which our devel/boost
    > > does not install.
    > > 
    > > I bumped into this issue in my last two port updates (graphics/pcl and
    > > devel/cli11), so I'd like to propose installing the BoostConfig.cmake
    > > and related CMake files provided by upstream. I assume we will have to
    > > do this sooner or later anyways.
    > > 
    > > The patch 'patch-tools_boost_install_boost-install_jam' is hacky, but
    > > without it the relative path to the 'include' directory that's generated
    > > in the CMake files ends up pointing to /usr (e.g. [2] line 26) and I
    > > couldn't figure out why. I'd be happy to see a better solution.
    > > 
    > > If this revision is acceptable, would it be possible to run it through a
    > > bulk? I tested both graphics/pcl (with a patch to fix finding boost
    > > removed) and devel/cli11 with the changes below and had no issues.
    > > 
    > > [1] https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/policy/CMP0167.html#policy:CMP0167
    > > [2] /usr/local/lib/cmake/boost_atomic-1.84.0/boost_atomic-config.cmake
    > 
    > Please find below a revised patch with the following feedback addressed:
    > 
    > - boost*-config.cmake files associated with libraries only shipped by
    >   the -md subpackage have now been moved to their corresponding PLIST-md
    > - Add VERSION to SUBST_VARS to avoid PLIST churn on updates
    > - As requested, remove rsadowski@ from the MAINTAINER
    
    fwiw, with that patch i can finally configure an upcoming port of
    https://sfcgal.gitlab.io/SFCGAL/:
    
    -- Found Boost: /usr/local/lib/cmake/Boost-1.84.0/BoostConfig.cmake
       (found suitable version "1.84.0", minimum required is "1.66")
    
    so that's a welcome addition !
    
    
  • Landry Breuil:

    [revision] devel/boost: Install BoostConfig.cmake

  • Maximo Pech:

    [revision] devel/boost: Install BoostConfig.cmake