> > David, > > I think a bit more explanation of the philosophy (at least how I > interpret it) is needed. I see in your emails that you are “targeting > makefiles”. With CMake you need to really stop thinking this way. Rarely do > you need to target any specific build system (although those times do come > up…). A lot of folks I see coming from autoconf to CMake still try to treat > CMake in the same way. Don’t. There are a few golden rules with CMake that > if you adhere to those will allow you to use CMake much easier. > > > > 1: NEVER have the Source directory and the Build directory be the same > place. > > 2: PREFER out-of-source build directories (Not required but helpful) > > 3: Try not to target specific generators (makefiles, visual studio, xcode) > > <snip> >
Hi Michael Thanks very much for your reply and explanation. As a result, I now have the separate Debug/Release build subdirectories working correctly. Best regards David
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