MySQL Bugs: #72188: WITH_BOOST not shown in cmake-gui

Bug #72188	WITH_BOOST not shown in cmake-gui
Submitted:	1 Apr 2014 13:45	Modified:	30 May 2014 14:08
Reporter:	Hartmut Holzgraefe	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Compiling	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	mysql-5.7.4-labs-april	OS:	Any
Assigned to:	Tor Didriksen	CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
DOWNLOAD_BOOST option is shown in cmake-gui (after running into the boost version check error message first), but WITH_BOOST isn't

also, maybe due to bug #72185, at the point that the configuration step has already been run once to collect possible parameters it is too late to add WITH_BOOST manually ...

only when first adding WITH_BOOST and DOWNLOAD_BOOST manually first using 
the [+ Add Entry] button the [Configure] step succeeds and building is possible

How to repeat:
* start cmake-gui
* hit [Configure] button
* then search for "boost"

the only two search matches are "DOWNLOAD_BOOST" and "BOOST_INCLUDE_DIR",
"WITH_BOOST" isn't part of the suggestions

Suggested fix:
Define WITH_BOOST as a PATH variable instead of an implicit internal one,
right now it shows up as 

  WITH_BOOST:UNINITIALIZED=/some/path

in CMakeCache.txt

Thank you for the report.

Verified as described.

Fixed in 5.7.5.

Affects no released version. No changelog entry needed.