Hi James, On a slightly different topic, you mentioned you were using Boost, did you find a version of boost > 1.49 that was CMake'ified ?
Here is the one I found: http://gitorious.org/boost/cmake/trees/cmake-1.49.0 Thanks Jc On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 12:39 PM, Bill Hoffman <[email protected]>wrote: > On 2/21/2013 10:34 AM, James Turner wrote: > >> I've just setup a SuperBuild using ExternalProject, and am pleasantly >> surprised how well it works so far. >> >> I've encountered one issue, which is awkward - I'm basically using >> the SuperBuild to automate assembling / updating dependencies for the >> final sub-project, which is the real project I normally work on. I >> typically work on that project using Xcode and the Xcode generator. >> The problem is, if I use -G Xcode for the super build, some parts >> fail (and to be honest this is no surprise - amongst the dependencies >> is Boost, for example). >> >> So the question, can I safely set things to use a different generator >> for a CMake-based ExternalProject, and still have a top-level build >> of everything? The documentation for how the generator flag is >> handled by ExternalProject_Add, makes me think there might be >> something 'magic' happening. (This would mean, for example, the >> top-level Makefile called xcodebuild to build the xcodeprojs I >> guess) >> >> I didn't yet try this on MSVC, I'm curious what the situation will be >> there with the same setup. Is a top-level NMake build with msbuild of >> VisualStudio child projects possible? >> > It should work. I do VS project builds with VS all the time. The Xcode > generator should work as well. It passes the tests for external project. > So, that should be something that should be fixed. > > > -- > Bill Hoffman > Kitware, Inc. > 28 Corporate Drive > Clifton Park, NY 12065 > [email protected] > http://www.kitware.com > 518 881-4905 (Direct) > 518 371-3971 x105 > Fax (518) 371-4573 > -- > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/** > opensource/opensource.html<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<http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ> > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://www.cmake.org/mailman/**listinfo/cmake<http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake> > -- +1 919 869 8849
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