On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Dr. David Kirkby <[email protected]> wrote: > > [email protected] wrote: >> The SCons wiki even seems to be trying to say cmake is better: >> http://www.scons.org/wiki/SconsVsOtherBuildTools ;-) I have no >> opinion myself, other than the problems you have already outlined; >> another dev I know has also expressed his dislike of it, but he cannot >> be trusted in this matter since he is anti-python. > > I would have thought it been sensible to make SCons compatible with GNU make, > and not require its cmake to work optimally. I would not be surprised if > switching to 'cmake' instead of the GNU make does not cause problems > elsewhere.
"cmake" is *not* just an alternative implementation of GNU make. Instead cmake is "...the cross-platform, open-source build system. CMake is a family of tools designed to build, test and package software. CMake is used to control the software compilation process using simple platform and compiler independent configuration files. CMake generates native makefiles and workspaces that can be used in the compiler environment of your choice." It's more an alternative to autoconf than "make". William > But to me, it seems SCons sends the wrong flags to the compiler. Even if you > force it too use the right compiler, it mixes up the flags. I'd rather control > the flags myself, not have some program insert them unless it can do it > properly. Which I am not convinced SCons can with Sun Studio. > > In short, it seems a mess to me. > > Dave > > > > > -- William Stein Associate Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://wstein.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
