Re: [GD-DEVEL] GD build process

[email protected] (Pierre Joye) writes:

> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 8:49 PM, Chris Reuter <[email protected]> wrote:
>> [email protected] (Pierre Joye) writes:
>>
>>> hi Chris!
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 12:08 AM, Chris Reuter <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>
>>>> I notice that there are two sets of build scripts in GD: one for GNU
>>>> autoconf and one for CMake.  Which of these is the preferred method for
>>>> building GD?
>> [...]
>>
>>> cmake should work. Which problem(s) have you met?
>>
>> Beyond having to deal with Windows, the current one is that cmake
>> doesn't generate gd.h from gd.h.in.
>
> It does generate it on Windows? Hm. I have to fix that then.
>
>> Actually, I'll look into that.  I'd like to get rid of gd.h.in in favor
>> of moving the generated stuff to a small corner of the program.
>> (Basically, provide functions that return the version info and turn the
>> #defines into calls to them.  This means the version will be correct in
>> programs using GD when the libgd shared library is updated.  It also
>> reduces the complexity of the build process and makes the code a little
>> easier to hack on.)
>
> Makes sense :) Don't we have one already in 2.1?

I've got it mostly done now.  I'll send you a pull request once I've got
it cleaned up, since it expands the API a bit and you might want to
review it.

>>> We maintain both. autotools are used for linux (distros, embedded
>>> systems or cross compilation). Cmake is used on all supported
>>> platforms and windows.
>>
>> Hmmm.  Would we lose anything by ditching autotools?  If cmake handles
>> everything, it might make sense to switch to just that, rather than
>> maintain two build systems.
>
> We need autotools for many supported systems. CMake does not work for them.

Ah.  And presumably autoconf won't support Visual Studio, so we still
need cmake.

Too bad.


                              --Chris


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