On Saturday 01 July 2006 18:35, Matt Rogers wrote: > On Saturday 01 July 2006 21:39, Allen Winter wrote: > > Howdy, > > > > Attached is a perl script that emulates the old configure program. Pretty > > straightforward so I don't think you need to be a perl expert to understand > > it. > > > > It only supports a minimum set of the old options. More options can be > > easily added if there is a CMake equivalent. > > > > So far it supports these options: > > --prefix > > --enable-debug=<yes|no|full> > > --enable-final > > --disable-rpath > > --with-qt-dir=DIR > > > > You'll also notice that it creates a build subdir and runs cmake from > > within that subdir. > > > > So, the idea is that users not willing to learn the new "cmake-way" will > > run: % ./configure <options>; cd builddir; make && make install > > > > And, unfortunately, this script will need to be kept in sync with what's > > happening in the cmake-stuff, and also each module will need their own > > copy. > > > > Comments? More configure options to add? > > -Allen > > Do we really need this? Nope.
> People should just learn the cmake way IMHO. I think so too. > With the use of the 'ccmake' program, it's almost easier than running > configure. Probably true. > This is just another unneeded maintainence burden IMHO. Absolutely. > Surely developers aren't that lazy that they can't take the 5 seconds to read > a quick start guide that says: I would hope not. > Do we have such a guide already? It would also contain other information on > CMake, of course. If not, I'll volunteer to write it. We have a wiki. I'd like to see the INSTALL file at the top of each module updated. Would you take on that job? We also need a nice doc at developer.kde.org. The wiki page should probably be turned into a howto type page at d.k.o. I wrote the configure perl wrapper because: 1. it was on my todo list -- and it was a fun diversion (I occasionally like to write perl) 2. it seemed like a good thing to provide the distributions and non-developers Saying that...I would rather not have it... it will be a major pain to keep up-to-date. So, the consensus is to change the script to not actually run cmake, but instead print: "KDE no longer supports the autotools build change. Please run: cmake -D..." ?? -- Let's Keep the Political Talk Out of KDE PLEASE _______________________________________________ Kde-buildsystem mailing list Kde-buildsystem@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-buildsystem
