On 6 July 2017 at 08:17, Vinnie Falco via Boost
That works, sort of, but is not great if you are working on different Boost libraries and you want to switch to a different BOOST_ROOT. And its painful if you are using CMake because then you aren't respecting the results of FindBoost. It can also break in subtle ways, you change the props to an older Boost to diagnose a regression, then you open a new solution and forget to switch and you waste time.
You're having the perspective of a boost-dev. Almost all users are non-devs. You could copy the correct props-file in place with a pre-build command, I guess. CMake is not the generally supported boost build tool, yet or maybe never.
I've limped along with the system of modifying the User Property Sheets (.props) for a few years, but putting 32/64 bit libs in the same dir with different names is a far better solution.
And you suggest I then change the names of all my libs? Personally I'm indifferent to the proposed change, I'll still put them in seperate folders. degski -- "*Ihre sogenannte Religion wirkt bloß wie ein Opiat reizend, betäubend, Schmerzen aus Schwäche stillend.*" - Novalis 1798