Re: [boost] Boost building with CMake

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-09 14:53:44

Doug Gregor wrote:
> 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.).

Speaking of that, another requirement:

* Must be able to directly build, test, run commands, etc. without 
having to inject the generation of external build files into the process.

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