Am Montag, 4. Februar 2013, 09:23:20 schrieb Ansis Māliņš: > If I have a dependency (e.g. SDL2) that seems to work with add_subdirectory > just fine, should I still use ExternalProject_Add instead? Given both ways > work, what should I prefer? What are the tradeoffs?
Hello Ansis, most of the time, you do not want to have external libraries (like SDL2) inside your source directory structure. Therefore, I do not think that add_subdirectory is the right way. For libraries installed on your system, you should use find_package. ExternalProject_Add does not integrate so well into the build of the project. You can use it to bootstrap (download, patch, build, and install external dependences). Kind regards Benjamin -- Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
