Re: [cmake] Problem with dependencies for configure checks

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2021-06-03 22:05:20

Andrey Semashev wrote:
> >> Ok, so it seems I'll have to add a check to enforce that the unified
> >> headers directory exists. This means that we are still dependent on
> >> `b2 headers`, at least until there is a CMake equivalent.
> >
> > "We" are not dependent on any such thing, and there will never be such
> > a CMake equivalent. This directory will not be maintained in a CMake build.
> 
> Well, the only other alternative I see is globbing through all libraries to collect
> their include paths. And that would have to be done in every library, unless a
> common solution exists.

Why would every library need to do it? Why would it need to glob? I've done
most of them by now and not one of them needs to do so.