Re: [Boost-cmake] Test feedback

From: troy d. straszheim (troy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-06-17 11:36:25

KSpam wrote:
> I can see how these CMake specifics can be very confusing to someone that is 
> not used to CMake.  It seems like it would be easier to have a testing 
> configuration file that specifies the necessary configuration options.  For 
> example, we could have "BoostTestingSlave.cmake" with the following contents:
> 
>     #---
>     # BoostTestingSlave.cmake
>     #---
> 
>     set(BOOST_BUILD_SLAVE ON CACHE BOOL "Documentation ..." FORCE)
>     set(BOOST_BUILD_TESTING ON CACHE BOOL "Documentation ..." FORCE)
> 
> With a config file, the user would not be required to manually edit cache 
> variables (and reconfigure, etc).  The process would look something like 
> this:
> 
> 1) Checkout sources:
> 	svn co https://somerepo somerepo
> 2) Create build directory:
> 	mkdir build
> 3) Configure build directory:
> 	cd build
> 	cmake -C BoostTestingSlave.cmake ../somerepo
> 4) Everything is ready to build!
> 	make

Yeah, that could be a good way to go.  The two-step configuration is a hassle.
Let me give it a shot.

-t