On Tue, 11 Jun 2024 at 09:37, Ivan Zhakov <chemo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Jun 2024 at 21:58, Daniel Sahlberg <daniel.l.sahlb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Den mån 10 juni 2024 kl 10:55 skrev Jun Omae <jun6...@gmail.com>: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 5:32 AM Daniel Sahlberg >> >> > [...] > > >> >> >>> >>> Of course, you can use cmake to build apr on Windows. I use cmake to >>> build apr, apr-util and httpd as dependencies of subversion on >>> Windows. >>> >> >> I also tried this, since my longterm goal is to build Subversion, where >> there is some work going on to add a cmake based build system. >> >> It seems there are at least four different options, with the >> documentation in various stage of completeness: >> * .DSW files >> * Makefile.win >> * CMake >> * vcpkg >> >> Cleanup of .dsw and NMake (Makefile.win) builds was proposed four years > ago [1], but people objected to this idea. So .dsw and Makefile.win are > still there, but as far as I know they have many limitations compared to > CMake. I recommend using CMake to build APR on Windows. In my opinion CMake > has many quirks, but it's a clear winner these days and most projects using > it to build on Windows. > > > I guess what I'm trying to say is that the bar to get started with APR is >> relatively high. Please don't take this as complaints - I'd be happy to >> help in any way I can to improve the documentation. >> >> It would be great! Patches welcome! > > Missed link to the discussion: [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/bkpphm954olxxh2kdkmh3tzqjmdslxzc -- Ivan Zhakov
