Wes McKinney created ARROW-6585:
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Summary: [C++] Create "ARROW_COMPONENTS" argument to pass list of
desired components to build
Key: ARROW-6585
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-6585
Project: Apache Arrow
Issue Type: Improvement
Components: C++
Reporter: Wes McKinney
Our current {{-DARROW_*}} flag system strikes me as a little bit tedious. When
invoking Boost's build system, you can pass the argument
{{--with-libraries=filesystem,regex,system}} to indicate which components you
want to see built.
I think we should do a couple of things declare all component dependencies in a
central place. Presently we have many "if" statements toggling on dependencies
on an ad hoc basis. The code looks like this
{code}
if(ARROW_FLIGHT OR ARROW_PARQUET OR ARROW_BUILD_TESTS)
set(ARROW_IPC ON)
endif()
if(ARROW_IPC AND NOT ARROW_JSON)
message(FATAL_ERROR "JSON support is required for Arrow IPC")
endif()
{code}
I don't think this is going to be scalable.
Secondly, I think we should make it easier to ask for a comprehensive build.
E.g. {{-DARROW_LIBRARIES=everything}} or similar
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