Merge topic 'FindBoost-lib-prefix-override'
ff71612d02 FindBoost: Allow Boost_LIB_PREFIX to be set externally
Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>
Merge-request: !4531
diff --git a/Modules/FindBoost.cmake b/Modules/FindBoost.cmake
index 38d3bfa..fb8cdeb 100644
--- a/Modules/FindBoost.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindBoost.cmake
@@ -155,6 +155,10 @@
used if multiple compatible suffixes should
be tested for, in decreasing order of
preference.
+ Boost_LIB_PREFIX - Set to the platform-specific library name
+ prefix (e.g. "lib") used by Boost static libs.
+ This is needed only on platforms where CMake
+ does not know the prefix by default.
Boost_ARCHITECTURE - Set to the architecture-specific library suffix
(e.g. "-x64"). Default is auto-computed for the
C++ compiler in use.
@@ -1646,15 +1650,17 @@
# Prefix initialization
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Boost's static libraries use a "lib" prefix on DLL platforms
-# to distinguish them from the DLL import libraries.
-if (Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS AND (
- (WIN32 AND NOT CYGWIN)
- OR GHSMULTI
- ))
- set(Boost_LIB_PREFIX "lib")
-else()
- set(Boost_LIB_PREFIX "")
+if ( NOT DEFINED Boost_LIB_PREFIX )
+ # Boost's static libraries use a "lib" prefix on DLL platforms
+ # to distinguish them from the DLL import libraries.
+ if (Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS AND (
+ (WIN32 AND NOT CYGWIN)
+ OR GHSMULTI
+ ))
+ set(Boost_LIB_PREFIX "lib")
+ else()
+ set(Boost_LIB_PREFIX "")
+ endif()
endif()
if ( NOT Boost_NAMESPACE )
