[boost] CMake build system is Merged into Trunk

Subject: [boost] CMake build system is Merged into Trunk
From: Michael Jackson (mike.jackson_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-01 14:51:12

With the encouragement of Doug Gregor and the support of other Boost  
moderators I have merged the work from the CMake branch into trunk.  
The CMake branch was a branch to develop a new build system for boost  
based on the opensource CMake build system (www.cmake.org). The  
current state of the build system is unstable and still has work to be  
done. Compiling of the static libraries on at least one system (OS X  
10.5.5 Intel) was completed and the installation of the libraries and  
headers was performed. There is still much work to be done but we are  
hoping to quickly improve the state of the cmake build system so that  
it becomes usable.

NOTHING has been done to compromise the current build system based on  
BJam.

For more information on getting started with CMake and boost please  
take a look at this page:
<https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/CMake>

I will be adding to the CMake documentation on the wiki as soon as I  
can.

For those familiar with CMake here is the 2 second how to (For Unix/ 
line command):

Install CMake 2.6.2 from www.cmake.org

Update your Boost trunk.
Open boost/CMakeLists.txt and comment out the following line:
    message(FATAL_ERROR "")
Create a build directory for boost (I suggest 'Build' within the boost  
directory)
cd into Build

cmake ../
.. Let that go for a little while

make modularize
.. Let that go for a while. This WILL change the layout of the boost  
working directory so WATCH OUT for this. Once this is complete there  
is NO 'undo' so the only way to get your working directory back the  
way it was is to do a revert from svn. Once this runs the bjam system  
WILL break. So ONLY do this if you want to either work on the CMake  
system or try it out. And finally run

make

Windows Users:
    Run the 'cmake-gui.exe' app and point it to your working  
directory. Tell the app where to put its build files (Binary  
directory) and hit configure. Pick what type of build files you want  
generated, and then let it "configure" After it is done configuring  
click the "Generate" button. Your project files, makefiles, or Visual  
Studio files should now be created.

Testing is NOT complete as of yet. I am still getting all the cmake  
files updated.

If you have comments, feedback or anything else either file a bug in  
the trac system or come join us on the boost-cmake mailing list <http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-cmake 
 >

Again, I would like to stress that NOTHING has been done to change the  
current bjam based build system. If it DID break let me know ASAP and  
I will fix it.

Thanks
_________________________________________________________
Mike Jackson                  mike.jackson_at_[hidden]
BlueQuartz Software                    www.bluequartz.net
Principal Software Engineer                  Dayton, Ohio