On 1/5/15 10:02 AM, Graham Bloice wrote:
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> On 5 January 2015 at 17:35, Stephen Fisher <sfisher@xxxxxxx
> <mailto:sfisher@xxxxxxx>> wrote:
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> On Mon, Jan 05, 2015 at 05:20:27PM +0000, Graham Bloice wrote:
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> > Yes, use CMake :-)
> >
> > There are other cross-platform build solutions such as SCons, but it's
> > just as bad as CMake (or maybe worse, I haven't tried anything other
> > than a toy project).
> >
> > Adding a dissector to CMake is as simple as it is for nmake with the
> > bonus that it works for both Windows and Linux (and wherever else
> > CMake is used). Doing anything else with the CMake build system
> > requires a lot of head scratching as getting the required output from
> > the arcane language of CMake files can be a battle.
>
> With such a glowing review as that.. I'm not sure I want to try CMake :)
> Perhaps it would be better to handle the different platform build
> methods ourselves.
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> It's the least worst option. It is actively used elsewhere though.
>
> We've handled the platform differences in the past by using make and
> nmake and autofoo and other piles of configuration grief.
Note that "Nmake" in our case is actually "Nmake plus QMake". We could
create a ui/qt/Makefile.nmake with the required moc, rcc, uic, and
compiler commands but the effort would probably be better spent on
bringing the CMake configuration to 100% completion. I'll send a
separate email about that shortly.
