Re: [CMake] Find script distribution strategy
On Monday 20 February 2012, Barth wrote: > Hello, > > Let be a project A developed and distributed by organization AA. > Let be another project B depending on A, developed by organization BB. B > calls find_package(A) in its CMakeLists.txt as to get the dependencies > libraries and includes. > > How should FindA.cmake be distributed ? > Option 1: package A (eg. A.rpm) installs it in /usr/share/cmake/ (on Linux) > so that it is found by B or any other project that needs it. > Option 2: package A installs it in a more specific location such as > /opt/A/cmake. However, how would B find it ? > Option 3: package A doesn't install it anywhere and we let the developers > of B download it manually. > > I would go for option 1 but I am not really sure what is the standard way. >From these three options, only option 3) is acceptable. Michael is correct that it should install a AConfig.cmake file. What you could also do is put FindA.cmake somewhere in the documentation of package A, so developers can see how the Find-module should look like. Alex -- Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at 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 Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
Re: [CMake] Find script distribution strategy
On 02/20/2012 04:32 PM, Barth wrote: > Hello, > > Let be a project A developed and distributed by organization AA. > Let be another project B depending on A, developed by organization BB. B > calls find_package(A) in its CMakeLists.txt as to get the dependencies > libraries and includes. > > How should FindA.cmake be distributed ? > Option 1: package A (eg. A.rpm) installs it in /usr/share/cmake/ (on Linux) > so that it is found by B or any other project that needs it. > Option 2: package A installs it in a more specific location such as > /opt/A/cmake. However, how would B find it ? > Option 3: package A doesn't install it anywhere and we let the developers of > B download it manually. > > I would go for option 1 but I am not really sure what is the standard way. > > Thank you in advance > Barth If A is built with CMake, AA should make it install AConfig.cmake in one of the directories documented for the find_package command. See http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake/Tutorials/How_to_create_a_ProjectConfig.cmake_file for a simplistic tutorial. Otherwise BB can include FindA.cmake in its own package. If it is a transitive dependency (i.e. people wanting to compile against B also need to find A) it should be installed next to the BConfig.cmake which uses it directly. HTH Michael -- Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at 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 Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
[CMake] Find script distribution strategy
Hello, Let be a project A developed and distributed by organization AA. Let be another project B depending on A, developed by organization BB. B calls find_package(A) in its CMakeLists.txt as to get the dependencies libraries and includes. How should FindA.cmake be distributed ? Option 1: package A (eg. A.rpm) installs it in /usr/share/cmake/ (on Linux) so that it is found by B or any other project that needs it. Option 2: package A installs it in a more specific location such as /opt/A/cmake. However, how would B find it ? Option 3: package A doesn't install it anywhere and we let the developers of B download it manually. I would go for option 1 but I am not really sure what is the standard way. Thank you in advance Barth -- View this message in context: http://cmake.3232098.n2.nabble.com/Find-script-distribution-strategy-tp7301654p7301654.html Sent from the CMake mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at 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 Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
