Re: CMake

Hi David,

David Genest wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to know if the support for windows could be achieved by 
> the adoption of cmake as a replacement make and associated programs. I 
> think that using a builder that abstracts away the platforms would be 
> helpful in supporting those platforms. I would be able to work on this 
> modification as part of my task to verify the windows build.
>

As far as I understand, CMake is itself a wrapper that delegates to 
platform-specific build tools. Am I correct ?
How would it manage a Windows build ? What tools would it use there ?

I still believe it to be possible to adapt the current GNU-make based 
system to build using a VC++ toolchain (something I have done for other 
projects in the past successfully).

I'm somewhat reluctant towards CMake, as it doesn't actually replace 
'make', but rather, abstract it. Thus, our hybrid build system would 
become even more complex than it already is. But I'm open to be proven 
wrong. :-)

Thanks,

       Stefan

PS: As usual, I'm online at irc://irc.oftc.net/synopsis...


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