[CMake] Location of cmake stuff files

[Alan W. Irwin]

On 2007-07-12 08:31+0200 Yegor Yefremov wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm using the 2.4.6 version and I find cmake to be a great tool. Thanx to 
> developers!
>
> What I don't understand is why should such files as CMakeCache.txt and 
> cmake_install.cmake
> be not in CMakeFiles? And why is CMakeFiles not hidden?
>
> Suppose I have two files in my project:
>
> main.c
> header.h
>
> I create CMakeLists.txt and after "cmake ." call I suddenly have more extra 
> files than my project itself.

I agree that CMake needs to produce a lot of files in the build tree in
order to do its job.  I don't care, however, because I always use an
out-of-source build tree (see discussion in
http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ) so my source tree remains pristine.

Alan
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