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How to use CMakeList.txt form boostdep?

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
cmake
Domain
build-system

Research direction

Start by examining the boostdep-generated CMakeLists.txt, especially its CMAKE_MODULE_PATH and Boost::iostreams usage, alongside the repository's CMake support documentation. Determine where this generated content is intended to go and whether it is automatically consumed. Done means documenting the expected workflow and path for using Boost modules with CMake after version 3.30.

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Description

I'm looking proper way to apply library in my project with assets that require some Boost module.

Asset using some modules in CMakeList.txt
target_link_libraries(someAsset
INTERFACE
Boost::iostreams
Boost::~~
)

CMake after version 3.30, find_package not working, so I tried boostdep, and get some content of CMakeList.txt
Result contains CMAKE_MODULE_PATH, so it seems to be in cloned repository but where can I paste file?
I can't find any notice about purpose path or auto generating.

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