>> This will never happen with CMake. CMake will always be required to be on >> the machine doing the build. There is just no other way to do system >> introspection. Also, if you don't have something like CMake around it is >> hard to write cross platform build files that are complex in anyway (i.e. >> needs to copy files at build time). > > Actually, it could happen, or at least the requirement could be softened. > > I developed a bootstrapper for Wt ( http://webtoolkit.eu ) which > requires nothing more than a C++ compiler and a command prompt > (Windows) or bash (Unix) to build. It's essentially a couple of > scripts which download CMake and some basic dependencies, then > ExternalProject_Add all other dependencies, making the project > buildable in a self-contained directory, including all the > dependencies. Maybe some option could be added to CMake to "generate" > such scripts and make it easier to bootstrap? (Details on what I did > here: "Bootstrap your CMake project" - http://www.elpauer.org/?p=614 ) >
Sure, bootstrapping CMake is possible, and consistent with the design goals, and the reason CMake does not use python or any other language. CMake was designed to have one dependency, a C++ compiler. The thought was that if you were going to build a C++ program, you would have to have a C++ compiler. However, for the CMake can not be installed crowd, bootstrapping somehow is not an option... Nice blog by the way, thanks for the CMake compliments! -Bill _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
