Re: [boost] Boost building with CMake

From: Doug Gregor (dgregor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-09 14:44:55

On May 9, 2007, at 2:20 PM, Stefan Seefeld wrote:
> FWIW, that's the typical GNU (autotools) build system procedure:
> You create a build directory, run $(srcdir)/configure from there,
> specifying any build options, and then 'make'.
>
> Thus, different build variants would all end up in distinct
> build directories, outside the source directory they were build from
> (and are dependent on).
>
> This approach is very natural for people working with autoconf / make.

... and it works better for the CMake model, where one generates  
build rules for a specific environment (makefiles, VC++ solutions,  
XCode projects, etc.).

        - Doug