The code for this recipe is available at https://github.com/dev-cafe/cmake-cookbook/tree/v1.0/chapter-08/recipe-02 and has a C++ example. The recipe is valid with CMake version 3.5 (and higher) and has been tested on GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows with MSYS Makefiles and Ninja.
The Boost libraries provide a rich C++ programming infrastructure and are popular among C++ developers. We have already shown how to find the Boost libraries on our system in Chapter 3, Detecting External Libraries and Programs. Sometimes, however, the version of Boost required by your project might not be available on the system. This recipe will show how to leverage the superbuild pattern to ship your code with the confidence that a missing dependency will not stop the configuration. We will reuse the code example from Recipe 8, Detecting...
