On Wednesday 10 May 2006 11:38, Brandon J. Van Every wrote: > Jordi Inglada wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Is there anything like an autoconf2CMake utility? We are trying to > > include an autoconf-based project in the source tree of our CMake-based > > library and we are having some trouble. > > I doubt it. Certainly there is no canonical well supported tool > anywhere. Someone may have homebrewed something for their own > purposes. Generally, CMake isn't trying to be autoconf, nor saddle > itself with autoconf issues. Many of us who learn CMake do so because > we can't stand autoconf. > > > The library we want to encapsulate has a complex directory tree and the > > manual conversion is not an easy task. We would like to have an > > automatic procedure, since we plan to update the sources when new > > versions of the library are available. > > Well, realizing that autoconf is a mess and should be jettisoned might > help you more than trying to keep your feet in both worlds.
There is an am2cmake in the KDE tree somewhere, though I needed to learn CMake for Scribus so I just did it from scratch. You may find you can generate a CMake build setup fairly quickly though, perhaps in under a few days even for a complex system. Craig _______________________________________________ CMake mailing list [email protected] http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
