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CMake - New Boost version may have incorrect or missing dependencies and imported

I am using CMake version 3.19 and Boost version 1.75 in Windows Server 2008.
I also added environment variable "BOOST_ROOT" as shown below : Environment Variable Boost Root

However, I got the warning below while using CMake:

CMake Warning at C:/Program Files/CMake/share/cmake-3.19/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1204 (message):
  New Boost version may have incorrect or missing dependencies and imported
  targets
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  C:/Program Files/CMake/share/cmake-3.19/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1326 (_Boost_COMPONENT_DEPENDENCIES)
  C:/Program Files/CMake/share/cmake-3.19/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1935 (_Boost_MISSING_DEPENDENCIES)
  dep/boost/CMakeLists.txt:47 (find_package)

Is there anyway to deal with the warning above? Thank you in advance

Solution

  • These warnings simply mean that your CMake version is older than your Boost version. The CMake devs can update their dependency lists only after a new Boost release, so you need to update to a CMake version that was released after boost 1.75.

    Look at the Boost version history: https://www.boost.org/users/history/
    Boost 1.75 was released at 12/11/20.

    Now look at the CMake version history: https://cmake.org/files/v3.19/
    CMake 3.19.2 was the first version after that.

    You should propably just go with the latest CMake release, 3.19.5.