Hi Everyone, We cutover to feature testing in the GNUMakefile. Also see https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/pull/737 .
Previously the makefile used toolchain versions. It worked well when environments were more predictable, like CentOS 5 or OS X 10.5 from around 2007. Nowadays we are seeing modern compilers on older machines and it made it difficult to get features correct, like when we could compile, assemble and link a program with SSE4. The cutover allows us to test the entire toolchain - compile, assemble and link. PR 737 added a TestPrograms folder with test programs for features like SSE4, AVX, NEON, ASIMD, POWER7, POWER8, etc. The makefile shell's out and compiles/links the respective test program. We no longer care about the toolchain vendor (like GAS) or version (like 2.19) because the program will build (or not). CMake can use the same test programs so it should simplify the build process for both Make-based and CMake-based builds. The feature-based build system now looks a lot like a simplified Autotools project. Also see https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/blob/master/GNUmakefile . Jeff -- You received this message because you are subscribed to "Crypto++ Users". More information about Crypto++ and this group is available at http://www.cryptopp.com and http://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/cryptopp-users. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Crypto++ Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cryptopp-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
