[Cmake] Re: cmake checkin

[Amitha Perera]

Bill Hoffman <bill.hoffman at kitware.com> writes:
> On unix the use of autoconf configure files has been replaced by
> cmake's own try compile/run commands.  Windows is also now using try
> run/compile commands.

How well does the try compile commands work with template
repositories? For example, with Sun Workshop 5.

The workshop will write to template repositories during compile time
so that it can dely instantiation to link time. However, they
recommend that only one program or library use a given
repository. That is, you should not do
  CC proga.cxx
  CC progb.cxx
in the same directory. This may be a problem if you try compile in the
same directory. (It is certainly a problem for autoconf: autoconf
doesn't work with these compilers.) I haven't figured you the detailed
restrictions. I am hoping someone over there has.

Thanks,
Amitha.