kou commented on code in PR #45768:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/45768#discussion_r1994565051


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cpp/src/arrow/meson.build:
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@@ -371,25 +371,38 @@ install_headers(
 )
 
 if needs_tests
-    filesystem_dep = dependency(
+    boost_dep = dependency(
         'boost',
         modules: ['filesystem'],

Review Comment:
   In CMake, we can use separated CMake targets for Boost. For example, 
`Boost::filesystem` and `Boost::process`. Can we do this with Meson?
   
   Some libraries (e.g. Gandiva) need only `Boost::headers` but other libraries 
(e.g. `arrow_testing`) need `Boost::headers` and `Boost::process`.
   I don't want to link needless libraries as much as possible. (e.g. I don't 
want to link `Boost::process` to Gandiva.)



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