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# Description: Boost configuration
# Documentation: building.txt
# Optional arguments
# ------------------
#
# BoostDirectory (string):
# The directory where Boost resides. This provides
# a way to specify the directory manually (e.g. Windows).
#
# returns
# -------
#
# BoostDirectory (string):
# The directory where Boost resides. Will only
# be modified if non-empty or non-existing.
#
# BoostIncludeDirectory (string):
# A directory to add to include directories, such that
# #include <boost/type_traits/remove_ref.h>
# becomes valid.
# Uncomment this to debug CMake's Boost search.
#set (Boost_DEBUG 1)
set (BoostMinimumVersion 1.54.0)
#string (REGEX REPLACE \\. _ BoostVersion_ ${BoostVersion})
if (("${BoostDirectory}" STREQUAL "") OR (NOT EXISTS "${BoostDirectory}"))
# Try to find Boost automatically.
find_package(Boost ${BoostMinimumVersion})
if (Boost_FOUND)
# The found path allows includes of the form:
# boost/type_traits/remove_ref.h
set (BoostDirectory "${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
endif()
endif()
set (BoostIncludeDirectory "${BoostDirectory}")
EcCheckPathExists("Boost (include)" "${BoostIncludeDirectory}")
# Make the special functions in Boost return infinity on overflow
# (rather than throw an exception).
add_definitions(-DBOOST_MATH_OVERFLOW_ERROR_POLICY=ignore_error)