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cmake/recipes/boost.cmake

@@ -4,26 +4,25 @@ endif()
 
 message(STATUS "Third-party: creating targets 'Boost::boost'")
 
+# Add boost lib sources
+set(BOOST_INCLUDE_LIBRARIES numeric/interval)
+set(BOOST_ENABLE_CMAKE ON)
+
+# Download and extract the boost library from GitHub
+message(STATUS "Downloading and extracting boost library sources. This will take some time...")
 include(FetchContent)
+Set(FETCHCONTENT_QUIET FALSE) # Needed to print downloading progress
 FetchContent_Declare(
-    boost-cmake
-    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/Orphis/boost-cmake.git
-    GIT_TAG 7f97a08b64bd5d2e53e932ddf80c40544cf45edf
+    Boost
+    URL https://github.com/boostorg/boost/releases/download/boost-1.84.0/boost-1.84.0.7z # downloading a zip release speeds up the download
+    USES_TERMINAL_DOWNLOAD TRUE 
+    GIT_PROGRESS TRUE   
+    DOWNLOAD_NO_EXTRACT FALSE
 )
+FetchContent_MakeAvailable(Boost)
 
-set(PREVIOUS_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS})
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fPIC")
-set(OLD_CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ${CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE})
-set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
-
-# This guy will download boost using FetchContent
-FetchContent_GetProperties(boost-cmake)
-if(NOT boost-cmake_POPULATED)
-    FetchContent_Populate(boost-cmake)
-    # File lcid.cpp from Boost_locale.cpp doesn't compile on MSVC, so we exclude them from the default
-    # targets being built by the project (only targets explicitly used by other targets will be built).
-    add_subdirectory(${boost-cmake_SOURCE_DIR} ${boost-cmake_BINARY_DIR} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-endif()
-
-set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ${OLD_CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE})
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${PREVIOUS_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
+# Add the boost library to the project
+add_library(Boost::boost INTERFACE IMPORTED)
+target_include_directories(Boost::boost INTERFACE ${boost_SOURCE_DIR})
+target_compile_definitions(Boost::boost INTERFACE BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB)
+target_link_libraries(Boost::boost INTERFACE Boost::numeric_interval Boost::core)