cmake scripts for boost compilation

boost-cmake is a CMake script, that allows (now only statically) to compile and install boost libraries from the given directory with boost sources (has to be specified with Boost_ROOT_DIR).

The script is compatible with FindBoost.cmake in cmake distributions.

Usage

cmake \
-DBoost_ROOT_DIR=${path_to_unpacked_boost_source_dir} \
-DBoost_COMPONENTS="filesystem;system;mpi;python;chrono;program_options;timer;serialization" \
-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${where_to_install} \
${path_to_boost-cmake_dir}

Way it works

• The directories from ${Boost_ROOT_DIR}/libs that have src subdirectory are parsed into a list of libraries.
• The specified components that match the parsed list of libraries are compiled and installed.
• The header-only parts are installed separately in the end.

Defects:

• No support for dynamic libraries build. It requires solving boost interdependencies.