Re: [boost] Boost building with CMake

From: Kevin Wheatley (hxpro_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-10 06:25:05

my 2p (about 4 cents)

I use Boost Build to build a number of libraries and applications 
across Linux (2 versions) and Windows. For me the nice thing is I have 
one set of declarations about what to include in building libraries 
and applications.

I edit these files or my source files and type a single command on 
both platforms to build in parallel (multiple jobs) of what I need. I 
use the same command on both platforms and don't have to think about 
how to do it on each platform.

It supports building Qt4 applications, it executes all my tests, I 
even have it discovering and executing my test code automagically by 
using globing of directories (convention over configuration).

I perform a lot of incremental building and need the build to start as 
soon as possible, so ideally I'd like cached dependency generation and 
for the first build command to start as soon as the system works out 
anything needs to be done. Ideally I'd like saving a file in my editor 
to start the build whether I changed a build script/file or a source 
code file - thats why I don't like 'configure; make; foo; bar' chains 
of execution unless they all support the incremental approach.

I'm not saying boost build is perfect (it takes a long time to decide 
to do nothing compared to a previous make based solution) but it works 
cross platform and on balance that won out for me.

Kevin

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