Hello, This question has been raised from time to time I think. I am trying to build Boost as an ExternalProject, but I am ending up with an error: 'cmd.exe' returned with exit code 1. Along these lines.
Perhaps I have involved one too many variables, but I doubt it. Ignore the cross-plat stuff, this is building on Windows for the purposes of this conversation. I tried to configure ExternalProject_Add with as much verbosity as possible, but unfortunately the process is not especially talkative as it turns out. But for the EC 1. set (BOOST_VERSION 1.65.1) message (STATUS "Adding Boost ${BOOST_VERSION} as an external project.") set (BOOST_BOOTSTRAP_PREFIX ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/boostbuild) set (BOOST_INSTALL_PREFIX ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/boostbuild) set (BOOST_BUILD_PREFIX ${BOOST_BOOTSTRAP_PREFIX}/boost) set (BOOST_GIT_REPO_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/repos/boost) if (WIN32) set (BOOST_BOOTSTRAP_CMD ${BOOST_GIT_REPO_DIR}/bootstrap.bat) # It was bjam at one point; it is now b2 set (BOOST_BUILD_CMD ${BOOST_GIT_REPO_DIR}/b2.exe) elseif (UNIX) set (BOOST_BOOTSTRAP_CMD ./${BOOST_GIT_REPO_DIR}/bootstrap.sh) set (BOOST_BUILD_CMD ./${BOOST_GIT_REPO_DIR}/b2) endif () # TODO: TBD: For now, assuming only 64-bit address models. set (BOOST_ADDR_MODEL 64) # TODO: TBD: align with the toolchain that we want to build through the CMake here... For now assuming: if (MSVC_VERSION EQUAL 1900) set (BOOST_TOOLSET msvc-14.0) endif () ExternalProject_Add (boost # PREFIX ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/repos/boost GIT_REPOSITORY g...@github.com:boostorg/boost.git GIT_TAG boost-${BOOST_VERSION} GIT_PROGRESS ON CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:STRING=${BOOST_INSTALL_PREFIX} SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/repos/boost CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${BOOST_BOOTSTRAP_CMD} --prefix=${BOOST_BOOTSTRAP_PREFIX} # I do not necessarily care about any other Boost build options; but that could change the further I get into unit testing, at least so long as I will be adopting the test library for usage. BUILD_COMMAND ${BOOST_BUILD_CMD} --with-test toolset=${BOOST_TOOLSET} variant=debug link=static stage --prefix=${BOOST_BUILD_PREFIX} LOG_DOWNLOAD ON LOG_UPDATE ON LOG_CONFIGURE ON LOG_BUILD ON LOG_INSTALL ON ) Cheers, Michael Powell -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake