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-# - Find Boost include dirs and libraries
+#.rst:
+# FindBoost
+# ---------
+#
+# Find Boost include dirs and libraries
+#
# Use this module by invoking find_package with the form:
-# find_package(Boost
-# [version] [EXACT] # Minimum or EXACT version e.g. 1.36.0
-# [REQUIRED] # Fail with error if Boost is not found
-# [COMPONENTS <libs>...] # Boost libraries by their canonical name
-# ) # e.g. "date_time" for "libboost_date_time"
+#
+# ::
+#
+# find_package(Boost
+# [version] [EXACT] # Minimum or EXACT version e.g. 1.36.0
+# [REQUIRED] # Fail with error if Boost is not found
+# [COMPONENTS <libs>...] # Boost libraries by their canonical name
+# ) # e.g. "date_time" for "libboost_date_time"
+#
# This module finds headers and requested component libraries OR a CMake
# package configuration file provided by a "Boost CMake" build. For the
# latter case skip to the "Boost CMake" section below. For the former
# case results are reported in variables:
-# Boost_FOUND - True if headers and requested libraries were found
-# Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS - Boost include directories
-# Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS - Link directories for Boost libraries
-# Boost_LIBRARIES - Boost component libraries to be linked
-# Boost_<C>_FOUND - True if component <C> was found (<C> is upper-case)
-# Boost_<C>_LIBRARY - Libraries to link for component <C> (may include
-# target_link_libraries debug/optimized keywords)
-# Boost_VERSION - BOOST_VERSION value from boost/version.hpp
-# Boost_LIB_VERSION - Version string appended to library filenames
-# Boost_MAJOR_VERSION - Boost major version number (X in X.y.z)
-# Boost_MINOR_VERSION - Boost minor version number (Y in x.Y.z)
-# Boost_SUBMINOR_VERSION - Boost subminor version number (Z in x.y.Z)
-# Boost_LIB_DIAGNOSTIC_DEFINITIONS (Windows)
-# - Pass to add_definitions() to have diagnostic
-# information about Boost's automatic linking
-# displayed during compilation
+#
+# ::
+#
+# Boost_FOUND - True if headers and requested libraries were found
+# Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS - Boost include directories
+# Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS - Link directories for Boost libraries
+# Boost_LIBRARIES - Boost component libraries to be linked
+# Boost_<C>_FOUND - True if component <C> was found (<C> is upper-case)
+# Boost_<C>_LIBRARY - Libraries to link for component <C> (may include
+# target_link_libraries debug/optimized keywords)
+# Boost_VERSION - BOOST_VERSION value from boost/version.hpp
+# Boost_LIB_VERSION - Version string appended to library filenames
+# Boost_MAJOR_VERSION - Boost major version number (X in X.y.z)
+# Boost_MINOR_VERSION - Boost minor version number (Y in x.Y.z)
+# Boost_SUBMINOR_VERSION - Boost subminor version number (Z in x.y.Z)
+# Boost_LIB_DIAGNOSTIC_DEFINITIONS (Windows)
+# - Pass to add_definitions() to have diagnostic
+# information about Boost's automatic linking
+# displayed during compilation
+#
+#
#
# This module reads hints about search locations from variables:
-# BOOST_ROOT - Preferred installation prefix
-# (or BOOSTROOT)
-# BOOST_INCLUDEDIR - Preferred include directory e.g. <prefix>/include
-# BOOST_LIBRARYDIR - Preferred library directory e.g. <prefix>/lib
-# Boost_NO_SYSTEM_PATHS - Set to ON to disable searching in locations not
-# specified by these hint variables. Default is OFF.
-# Boost_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS
-# - List of Boost versions not known to this module
-# (Boost install locations may contain the version)
+#
+# ::
+#
+# BOOST_ROOT - Preferred installation prefix
+# (or BOOSTROOT)
+# BOOST_INCLUDEDIR - Preferred include directory e.g. <prefix>/include
+# BOOST_LIBRARYDIR - Preferred library directory e.g. <prefix>/lib
+# Boost_NO_SYSTEM_PATHS - Set to ON to disable searching in locations not
+# specified by these hint variables. Default is OFF.
+# Boost_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS
+# - List of Boost versions not known to this module
+# (Boost install locations may contain the version)
+#
# and saves search results persistently in CMake cache entries:
-# Boost_INCLUDE_DIR - Directory containing Boost headers
-# Boost_LIBRARY_DIR - Directory containing Boost libraries
-# Boost_<C>_LIBRARY_DEBUG - Component <C> library debug variant
-# Boost_<C>_LIBRARY_RELEASE - Component <C> library release variant
-# Users may set these hints or results as cache entries. Projects should
-# not read these entries directly but instead use the above result variables.
-# Note that some hint names start in upper-case "BOOST". One may specify
-# these as environment variables if they are not specified as CMake variables
-# or cache entries.
#
-# This module first searches for the Boost header files using the above hint
-# variables (excluding BOOST_LIBRARYDIR) and saves the result in
-# Boost_INCLUDE_DIR. Then it searches for requested component libraries using
-# the above hints (excluding BOOST_INCLUDEDIR and Boost_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS),
-# "lib" directories near Boost_INCLUDE_DIR, and the library name configuration
-# settings below. It saves the library directory in Boost_LIBRARY_DIR and
-# individual library locations in Boost_<C>_LIBRARY_DEBUG and
-# Boost_<C>_LIBRARY_RELEASE. When one changes settings used by previous
-# searches in the same build tree (excluding environment variables) this
-# module discards previous search results affected by the changes and searches
-# again.
+# ::
+#
+# Boost_INCLUDE_DIR - Directory containing Boost headers
+# Boost_LIBRARY_DIR - Directory containing Boost libraries
+# Boost_<C>_LIBRARY_DEBUG - Component <C> library debug variant
+# Boost_<C>_LIBRARY_RELEASE - Component <C> library release variant
+#
+# Users may set these hints or results as cache entries. Projects
+# should not read these entries directly but instead use the above
+# result variables. Note that some hint names start in upper-case
+# "BOOST". One may specify these as environment variables if they are
+# not specified as CMake variables or cache entries.
+#
+# This module first searches for the Boost header files using the above
+# hint variables (excluding BOOST_LIBRARYDIR) and saves the result in
+# Boost_INCLUDE_DIR. Then it searches for requested component libraries
+# using the above hints (excluding BOOST_INCLUDEDIR and
+# Boost_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS), "lib" directories near Boost_INCLUDE_DIR,
+# and the library name configuration settings below. It saves the
+# library directory in Boost_LIBRARY_DIR and individual library
+# locations in Boost_<C>_LIBRARY_DEBUG and Boost_<C>_LIBRARY_RELEASE.
+# When one changes settings used by previous searches in the same build
+# tree (excluding environment variables) this module discards previous
+# search results affected by the changes and searches again.
+#
+# Boost libraries come in many variants encoded in their file name.
+# Users or projects may tell this module which variant to find by
+# setting variables:
+#
+# ::
+#
+# Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED - Set to OFF to use the non-multithreaded
+# libraries ('mt' tag). Default is ON.
+# Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS - Set to ON to force the use of the static
+# libraries. Default is OFF.
+# Boost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME - Set to ON or OFF to specify whether to use
+# libraries linked statically to the C++ runtime
+# ('s' tag). Default is platform dependent.
+# Boost_USE_DEBUG_PYTHON - Set to ON to use libraries compiled with a
+# debug Python build ('y' tag). Default is OFF.
+# Boost_USE_STLPORT - Set to ON to use libraries compiled with
+# STLPort ('p' tag). Default is OFF.
+# Boost_USE_STLPORT_DEPRECATED_NATIVE_IOSTREAMS
+# - Set to ON to use libraries compiled with
+# STLPort deprecated "native iostreams"
+# ('n' tag). Default is OFF.
+# Boost_COMPILER - Set to the compiler-specific library suffix
+# (e.g. "-gcc43"). Default is auto-computed
+# for the C++ compiler in use.
+# Boost_THREADAPI - Suffix for "thread" component library name,
+# such as "pthread" or "win32". Names with
+# and without this suffix will both be tried.
#
-# Boost libraries come in many variants encoded in their file name. Users or
-# projects may tell this module which variant to find by setting variables:
-# Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED - Set to OFF to use the non-multithreaded
-# libraries ('mt' tag). Default is ON.
-# Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS - Set to ON to force the use of the static
-# libraries. Default is OFF.
-# Boost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME - Set to ON or OFF to specify whether to use
-# libraries linked statically to the C++ runtime
-# ('s' tag). Default is platform dependent.
-# Boost_USE_DEBUG_PYTHON - Set to ON to use libraries compiled with a
-# debug Python build ('y' tag). Default is OFF.
-# Boost_USE_STLPORT - Set to ON to use libraries compiled with
-# STLPort ('p' tag). Default is OFF.
-# Boost_USE_STLPORT_DEPRECATED_NATIVE_IOSTREAMS
-# - Set to ON to use libraries compiled with
-# STLPort deprecated "native iostreams"
-# ('n' tag). Default is OFF.
-# Boost_COMPILER - Set to the compiler-specific library suffix
-# (e.g. "-gcc43"). Default is auto-computed
-# for the C++ compiler in use.
-# Boost_THREADAPI - Suffix for "thread" component library name,
-# such as "pthread" or "win32". Names with
-# and without this suffix will both be tried.
# Other variables one may set to control this module are:
-# Boost_DEBUG - Set to ON to enable debug output from FindBoost.
-# Please enable this before filing any bug report.
-# Boost_DETAILED_FAILURE_MSG
-# - Set to ON to add detailed information to the
-# failure message even when the REQUIRED option
-# is not given to the find_package call.
-# Boost_REALPATH - Set to ON to resolve symlinks for discovered
-# libraries to assist with packaging. For example,
-# the "system" component library may be resolved to
-# "/usr/lib/libboost_system.so.1.42.0" instead of
-# "/usr/lib/libboost_system.so". This does not
-# affect linking and should not be enabled unless
-# the user needs this information.
+#
+# ::
+#
+# Boost_DEBUG - Set to ON to enable debug output from FindBoost.
+# Please enable this before filing any bug report.
+# Boost_DETAILED_FAILURE_MSG
+# - Set to ON to add detailed information to the
+# failure message even when the REQUIRED option
+# is not given to the find_package call.
+# Boost_REALPATH - Set to ON to resolve symlinks for discovered
+# libraries to assist with packaging. For example,
+# the "system" component library may be resolved to
+# "/usr/lib/libboost_system.so.1.42.0" instead of
+# "/usr/lib/libboost_system.so". This does not
+# affect linking and should not be enabled unless
+# the user needs this information.
+#
# On Visual Studio and Borland compilers Boost headers request automatic
-# linking to corresponding libraries. This requires matching libraries to be
-# linked explicitly or available in the link library search path. In this
-# case setting Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS to OFF may not achieve dynamic linking.
-# Boost automatic linking typically requests static libraries with a few
-# exceptions (such as Boost.Python). Use
-# add_definitions(${Boost_LIB_DIAGNOSTIC_DEFINITIONS})
+# linking to corresponding libraries. This requires matching libraries
+# to be linked explicitly or available in the link library search path.
+# In this case setting Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS to OFF may not achieve
+# dynamic linking. Boost automatic linking typically requests static
+# libraries with a few exceptions (such as Boost.Python). Use
+#
+# ::
+#
+# add_definitions(${Boost_LIB_DIAGNOSTIC_DEFINITIONS})
+#
# to ask Boost to report information about automatic linking requests.
#
# Example to find Boost headers only:
-# find_package(Boost 1.36.0)
-# if(Boost_FOUND)
-# include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-# add_executable(foo foo.cc)
-# endif()
+#
+# ::
+#
+# find_package(Boost 1.36.0)
+# if(Boost_FOUND)
+# include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+# add_executable(foo foo.cc)
+# endif()
+#
# Example to find Boost headers and some libraries:
-# set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
-# set(Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED ON)
-# set(Boost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME OFF)
-# find_package(Boost 1.36.0 COMPONENTS date_time filesystem system ...)
-# if(Boost_FOUND)
-# include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-# add_executable(foo foo.cc)
-# target_link_libraries(foo ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
-# endif()
+#
+# ::
+#
+# set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
+# set(Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED ON)
+# set(Boost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME OFF)
+# find_package(Boost 1.36.0 COMPONENTS date_time filesystem system ...)
+# if(Boost_FOUND)
+# include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+# add_executable(foo foo.cc)
+# target_link_libraries(foo ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
+# endif()
+#
+#
#
# Boost CMake ----------------------------------------------------------
#
# If Boost was built using the boost-cmake project it provides a package
-# configuration file for use with find_package's Config mode. This module
-# looks for the package configuration file called BoostConfig.cmake or
-# boost-config.cmake and stores the result in cache entry "Boost_DIR". If
-# found, the package configuration file is loaded and this module returns with
-# no further action. See documentation of the Boost CMake package
-# configuration for details on what it provides.
+# configuration file for use with find_package's Config mode. This
+# module looks for the package configuration file called
+# BoostConfig.cmake or boost-config.cmake and stores the result in cache
+# entry "Boost_DIR". If found, the package configuration file is loaded
+# and this module returns with no further action. See documentation of
+# the Boost CMake package configuration for details on what it provides.
#
# Set Boost_NO_BOOST_CMAKE to ON to disable the search for boost-cmake.