I build *everything* from source. I use Python scripts to automate the process too. It's relatively straightforward to setup and is very reliable. Fully automated. I can call one Python script that will check out all source code, compile all OSG and project specific dependencies, compile OSG, compile my application(s) and issue a release. Python is awesome. Could do the same thing with Perl but once I started to use Python I never looked back. Using CMake from the command line is easy as well - very straightforward.
I highly recommend compiling all from source. On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Philip Lowman<phi...@yhbt.com> wrote: > While poring over thread after thread dealing with build dependencies on > Windows I had a weird thought a while back: computers are fast these days, > why not just build everything (including 3rd party dependencies) from > source? > > The way I see it, issues on Windows are going to get worse far before they > get any better. Issues like: > 1. Differing compiler versions (MSVC 7.1/8/9, MinGW 3.4/4.4) > 2. The need for Debug libraries with certain compilers > 3. The need for 32 and/or 64-bit libraries > 4. The occasional need for a complete static build > 5. The need/desire for some people to compile with /MT or _SECURE_SCL=0 on > MSVC > ...are likely not to be going away anytime soon and they can create a > confusing ecosystem. Also, security issues & library bugfixes tend to get > ignored once someone has that prebuilt library sitting off in CM somewhere. > > So I cmakeified libpng, zlib, and libjpeg (building on some work previously > done by Luigi Calori and others) and wrapped them in ZIP files called > CMakeports. The three put together take about 5 seconds total to build on > my 3 year old core2 duo. They are available at the website below. > > http://code.google.com/p/cmakeports/ > > I've integrated and tested* the 3 ports with OSG using osgviewer --image, > and things seem to be working fine. I'd like to submit this to > osg-submissions assuming there is enough interest in the idea. I'm doubtful > this could satisfy 100% of the dependencies people might want to use with > the OSG, but I'm optimistic it could cover the major ones (png, jpg, zlib, > tiff, & freetype seem like no-brainers to me). > > * I have tested: > MSVC9 32-bit DYNAMIC_OPENSCENEGRAPH=ON (Debug & Release) > MinGW 3.4. > * I have partially tested: > MSVC9 32-bit DYNAMIC_OPENSCENEGRAPH=OFF (code compiles but haven't tried > building/linking a custom viewer) > * I have not tested: > MSVC8 > MSVC9 64-bit > MinGW 4.4.0 > > -- > Philip Lowman > > _______________________________________________ > osg-users mailing list > osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org > http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org > > _______________________________________________ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
