I once played with libevent using cmake and msys. It is really fun: - free and familiar toolchain: gcc, gdb - portability - cross-compiling from linux host
cmake can generate NMAKE makefile. I have never tried to use Visual C++. Each version of VS, msft changes the format, it requires you to upgrade, and it is never opened in the lower version. That is quite annoying. - Kun FYI: the cmake module is here: https://github.com/facebook/hiphop-php/blob/master/CMake/FindLibEvent.cmake On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Alexandre Parenteau <aubonbeu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm new user to libevent, and quickly becoming a fan. > > I'd need some way to build libevent on Windows for a project > (https://github.com/aubonbeurre/thrift/blob/alex-0.6.1/README.non.blocking.Windows). > > Yesterday I spent a (frustrating) day trying to use waf (as suggested > on this list, nice tool, but not ready for primetime IMHO) and gyp > (not really meant for usage outside chromium AFAIK) to compile > libevent 2.0.12 on Windows (only). > > I'm actually more a scons user, and developed over time useful snippet > to build on various platforms (win/lin/mac), but scons has some > drawbacks too. > > I don't know much about cmake. > > Besides it seems to me all those above are really meant for new projects. > > So I'm asking something simple (I think): in order to validate > libevent usage in my company, we would need some plain M$ Visual C++ > projects: it is kind of a psychological barrier to gain acceptance for > new components, that they have visible support for Windows, and does > not matter if libevent has already very good support (indeed) if it > lacks the VC projects, something like libevent/build/vcXX/libevent.sln > (xx == whatever is the latest visual studio revision). > > To sum-up: > > - Nowadays the Visual C++ XML format is quite clear, and anybody can > edit files manually inside the .vcproj files. > - libevent could include a libevent/build/vcXX/libevent.sln only > Debug/Release for Win32/x64 platforms (default settings) > - As a static library, since it does not really matter to get a test > suite on windows, or a nice packaging and DLL (many working still on > Windows are doing it for supporting old workflows, but real work > happen on Linux anyway) > - I *think* it allows also the free edtion (2010 Express) to compile > the library. > > What do you think? > > Thanks! > alex > *********************************************************************** > To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@freehaven.net with > unsubscribe libevent-users in the body. > *********************************************************************** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@freehaven.net with unsubscribe libevent-users in the body.
