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| author | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2020-03-27 08:17:51 -0400 |
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| committer | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2020-03-27 09:32:47 -0400 |
| commit | 040f503d83321ddfdf3f401f538dec721fe03842 (patch) | |
| tree | 121f9132f295d1993e1e168cd1686ecfc2476873 /Modules/FindBoost.cmake | |
| parent | 4b266927c7556f74d11d6f499360d682117e0a60 (diff) | |
| download | cmake-040f503d83321ddfdf3f401f538dec721fe03842.tar.gz | |
FindBoost: Clarify logic selecting Boost_LIB_PREFIX
Also add a comment explaining its purpose.
Diffstat (limited to 'Modules/FindBoost.cmake')
| -rw-r--r-- | Modules/FindBoost.cmake | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/FindBoost.cmake b/Modules/FindBoost.cmake index 3c52466736..38d3bfabb9 100644 --- a/Modules/FindBoost.cmake +++ b/Modules/FindBoost.cmake @@ -1646,10 +1646,15 @@ endif() # Prefix initialization # ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -set(Boost_LIB_PREFIX "") -if ( (GHSMULTI AND Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS) OR - (WIN32 AND Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS AND NOT CYGWIN) ) +# Boost's static libraries use a "lib" prefix on DLL platforms +# to distinguish them from the DLL import libraries. +if (Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS AND ( + (WIN32 AND NOT CYGWIN) + OR GHSMULTI + )) set(Boost_LIB_PREFIX "lib") +else() + set(Boost_LIB_PREFIX "") endif() if ( NOT Boost_NAMESPACE ) |