Re: [boost] Request for a "Policy Review" regarding 'CMakeLists.txt'

On Tuesday, 17 May 2016 21:08:01 MSK Paul Fultz II wrote:

On Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 11:33:38 AM UTC-5, Rene Rivera wrote:

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On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 11:29 AM, Paul Fultz II

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Cmake doesn't impose a layout, and that's the whole point. I clone hana

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then call `cmake hana` to build it using cmake. Imposing a layout such

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hiding it in some unknown directory just causes confusion.

As a not-cmake-user I don't know what you mean there. What commands do you invoke, precisely?

Something like this:

git clone git@github.com:boostorg/hana.git mkdir build && cd build cmake ../hana/

And why is it a problem to type this instead: cmake ../hana/build ?

cmake --build . cmake --build . --target check cmake --build . --target install

This builds, tests, and installs hana. There are various ways to accomplish this, but the first step is to point cmake to the hana directory.