On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 08:12:46AM -0800, Jon Shuler wrote:
> I am looking at converting our build system to cmake and have found an issue. 
>  We keep all the project files (VS 6, VS 2003 and VS 2008) in one common 
> directory that is separate from the source tree.  Based on what I read it 
> looks like CMake expects the CMakeLists.txt to exist in the same directory as 
> the source.
> 
> What options do we have other than moving the projects files?

CMake will deposit its generated .vcproj/.sln files in
CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR. It is a best practice to have your BINARY_DIR
separate from your SOURCE_DIR (where CMakeLists.txt resides) -- this is
what is referred to as an "out-of-source build".

hth,
tyler
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