[cmake-developers] Making Config.cmake files easier to write

Alexander Neundorf neundorf at kde.org
Tue Mar 6 15:48:52 EST 2012


On Monday 05 March 2012, Brad King wrote:
> On 3/5/2012 5:04 PM, Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> > So instead of:
> > 
> > #   @PACKAGE_HELPER_INIT@
> > #   ...
> > #   set_and_check(FOO_INCLUDE_DIR "@PACKAGE_HELPER_INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR@")
> > #   set_and_check(FOO_SYSCONFIG_DIR
> > "@PACKAGE_HELPER_SYSCONFIG_INSTALL_DIR@")
> > 
> > 
> > you prefer the following ?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > #   @PACKAGE_INIT@
> > #   ...
> > #   set_and_check(FOO_INCLUDE_DIR "@PACKAGE_INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR@")
> > #   set_and_check(FOO_SYSCONFIG_DIR "@PACKAGE_SYSCONFIG_INSTALL_DIR@")
> > 
> > I can do that, but I think at least for the variables the "HELPER" makes
> > sense.
> 
> We've been through this on the thread earlier when it was "CONFIG_HELPER".
> The information contained in the variables is about the PACKAGE, not about
> the HELPER.  

Yes, it is not about a HELPER, but this is all automatically generated helper 
stuff for a package.
Anyway, I renamed it and merged it.

Alex



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