Re: [boost] [ot] choosing a build system

Subject: Re: [boost] [ot] choosing a build system
From: Dave Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-05-12 00:04:29

on Fri May 11 2012, Beren Minor <beren.minor+boost-AT-gmail.com> wrote:

>> Going back to what you said, I quickly went to the Ryppl sources, and
>> that is exactly what I meant. You had to write an entire framework in
>> CMake language, wrapping the CMake built-in rules, to provide a such
>> usable and high-level syntax to the developers so their project's
>> CMakeLists files will be as easy to write as they were with
>> Boost.Build. Basically, you've rewritten a Boost.Build like framework
>> in CMake, as Boost.Build is written over Jam. I never said this to be
>> impossible.
>
> My first look was probably too quick, you are not exactly wrapping the
> CMake built-in rules, but then you still had to add quite a lot of
> CMake code around.
> I couldn't find how you managed to create both shared and static
> versions of the libraries with a single call to add_library, I will
> have to investigate.

I don't think we are doing that.  I think it's just a matter of whether
BUILD_SHARED_LIBS is turned on or not.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
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