CMake finds Boost but the imported targets not available for Boost version

Question

I use CMake to find Boost. Boost is found, but CMake errors out with

Imported targets not available for Boost version

See the complete error (from macOS) below. What am I doing wrong?

CMake Warning at /Applications/CMake.app/Contents/share/cmake-3.6/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:743 (message):
  Imported targets not available for Boost version 106300
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  /Applications/CMake.app/Contents/share/cmake-3.6/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:842 (_Boost_COMPONENT_DEPENDENCIES)
/Applications/CMake.app/Contents/share/cmake-3.6/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1395 (_Boost_MISSING_DEPENDENCIES)
CMakeLists.txt:6 (find_package)

Boost version: 1.63.0
Found the following Boost libraries:
  thread
CMake Warning at /Applications/CMake.app/Contents/share/cmake-3.6/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:743 (message):
  Imported targets not available for Boost version 106300
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  /Applications/CMake.app/Contents/share/cmake-3.6/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:842 (_Boost_COMPONENT_DEPENDENCIES)
  /Applications/CMake.app/Contents/share/cmake-3.6/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1395 (_Boost_MISSING_DEPENDENCIES)
  CMakeLists.txt:7 (find_package)

Answer 1

I just wanted to post the following work around, as it's far easier than upgrading CMake on the systems I'm working on where I do not have root/sudo access. Set BOOST_INCLUDEDIR and BOOST_LIBRARYDIR directly when invoking CMake.

cmake  -DBOOST_INCLUDEDIR=... -DBOOST_LIBRARYDIR=... ...

This may not work if Boost changed dependencies between the list hard coded in the module that ships with CMake and the boost version that you are using. It will take you 30 sec to try vs 30 min to install cmake from source.