[ET Trac] [Einstein Toolkit] #1775: Add Boost to ET

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#1775: Add Boost to ET
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  Reporter:  eschnett               |       Owner:                     
      Type:  enhancement            |      Status:  new                
  Priority:  minor                  |   Milestone:                     
 Component:  EinsteinToolkit thorn  |     Version:  development version
Resolution:                         |    Keywords:                     
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Comment (by knarf):

 How do you check for an installed version then? Testing just one feature
 isn't likely to get you the full picture.
 Boost can (and is often) split up into several packages. I do have some of
 them installed, but don't have others, for example. Would the thorn Boost
 still build a full version of Boost, even though thorns might be happy
 with the library that is already installed? Should thorns then depend on
 what they actually need, something like Boost_Serialize instead of the
 full Boost?

 If going that way, the logic would be something like this: Detect all
 existing Boost components (that Cactus cares about), see if any required
 components are missing, build the full Boost in that case (or just that
 component if easy and possible).

 How could we do this using the existing build mechanism? This doesn't
 sound easy, or I am missing something.

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