Could NOT find Boost (missing: Boost_INCLUDE_DIR headers) #571
Description
Expected Behavior
Boost.DI is configured using CMake with custom built Boost.
Actual Behavior
Configuration failed due to Boost module headers not found error.
Steps to Reproduce the Problem
- Configure and build Boost 1.84 using CMake. I am using ExternalProject feature:
include(ExternalProject)
ExternalProject_Add(dep_boost
URL https://github.com/boostorg/boost/releases/download/boost-1.84.0/boost-1.84.0.tar.gz
URL_HASH SHA256=4d27e9efed0f6f152dc28db6430b9d3dfb40c0345da7342eaa5a987dde57bd95
CMAKE_ARGS
-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}
-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}
-DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS}
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
-DCMAKE_MODULE_PATH=${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}
-DICU_ROOT=${ICU_ROOT}
-DBOOST_ENABLE_MPI=Off
-DBOOST_ENABLE_PYTHON=Off
-DBUILD_TESTING=Off
-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=Off
)
Summary on parameters:
-- [boost] Configuring with:
-- [boost] /home/[REDACTED]/programs/cmake/bin/cmake -G"Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/home/[REDACTED]/programs/clang-13/bin/clang -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=-fPIC -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/home/[REDACTED]/programs/clang-13/bin/clang++ -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-fPIC -stdlib=libc++ -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=-static-libstdc++ -lc++abi -fuse-ld=lld -static-libgcc -DICU_ROOT=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -S /home/[REDACTED]/dependencies/boost -B /home/[REDACTED]/boost_build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/home/[REDACTED]/deps/boost-install
-- [boost] C compiler: /home/[REDACTED]/programs/clang-13/bin/clang
-- [boost] C flags: -fPIC
-- [boost] CXX compiler: /home/[REDACTED]/programs/clang-13/bin/clang++
-- [boost] CXX flags: -fPIC -stdlib=libc++
-- [boost] Link flags: -static-libstdc++ -lc++abi -fuse-ld=lld -static-libgcc
-- [boost] Additional flags: -DICU_ROOT=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
- Somehow call CMake install target on built Boost and got it's files copied to specified install directory a bit earlier. Let's assume it's "/tmp/my-boost-1.84/"
- Add Boost.DI via ExternalProject feature and specify BOOST_ROOT option to let CMake find this custom built Boost:
include(ExternalProject)
ExternalProject_Add(dep-boost-ext-di
URL https://github.com/boost-ext/di/archive/refs/heads/cpp14.tar.gz
URL_HASH SHA256=18cbd55a8ac5e8b622a8f33a2a2090a0772de11ed1df7d8b8930bd017bd2eb8e
CMAKE_ARGS
-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}
-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}
-DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS}
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
-DCMAKE_MODULE_PATH=${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}
-DBOOST_DI_OPT_BUILD_TESTS=Off
-DBOOST_DI_OPT_BUILD_EXAMPLES=Off
-DBOOST_DI_OPT_INSTALL=On
-DBOOST_ROOT=/tmp/my-boost-1.84/
)
Get error
[ 12%] Performing configure step for 'dep-boost-ext-di'
CMake Warning at /home/[REDACTED]/programs/cmake/share/cmake-3.20/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:2186 (message):
No header defined for headers; skipping header check (note: header-only
libraries have no designated component)
Call Stack (most recent call first):
CMakeLists.txt:23 (find_package)
CMake Error at /home/[REDACTED]/programs/cmake/share/cmake-3.20/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:230 (message):
Could NOT find Boost (missing: Boost_INCLUDE_DIR headers)
Specifications
- Version: 1.3.0, cpp14 @ b0f94e2
- Platform: Ubuntu 22.04, x86_64