IMO the right place for managing relocatable builds is in the compiler/linker, not in the build tool.
The compiler/linker should provide options that allow the output to be relocatable regardless of the contents of the command line. GCC for example has -fdebug-prefix-map that will allow you to remove prefixes from pathnames in debug sections of the output. Unfortunately this is only part of the solution since it doesn't help with __FILE__ (for example). Nevertheless this is the right direction, rather than modifying the build system. On Thu, 2017-01-26 at 14:01 +0000, Bøe, Sebastian wrote: > Thank you for the warning and support. We would prefer to not > maintain > a fork, but I have not been able to find any other technology > that is suitable. > > For future reference. The intended use-case is for CMake to act > as an engine in an IDE project generator solution similar to the > below > solutions[0]. > > [0] > http://start.atmel.com/ > http://www.st.com/en/embedded-software/stm32cube-embedded-software.ht > ml > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brad King [mailto:brad.k...@kitware.com] > Sent: 26. januar 2017 14:18 > To: Bøe, Sebastian <sebastian....@nordicsemi.no> > Cc: ben.boec...@kitware.com; cmake-developers@cmake.org > Subject: Re: [cmake-developers] Eclipse CDT Managed build > > On 01/26/2017 05:57 AM, Bøe, Sebastian wrote: > > > > I will investigate relocatable builds, because in spite of this > > not > > being trivial, I think CMake still comes out as the best suited > > technology for my use-case. > > We once had an option to produce relative paths in the build system > and it was a never ending mess of bugs. Eventually it was ripped > out. > It is unlikely we will accept changes to try to re-introduce such an > option. > > -Brad > -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers
