[CMake] Copying cmake generated files to another machine

Eric Noulard eric.noulard at gmail.com
Mon Dec 7 13:43:10 EST 2009


2009/12/7 steve naroff <snaroff at apple.com>:
>> Could you explain that part?
>> Who else is building LLVM/clang besides developers?
>> And what are the reason they give for not wanting to install CMake
>> with their compiler?
>>
> Hi Eric,
>
> With all due respect, I'd like to avoid any explanation. You'll just have to
> trust me on this - llvm/clang is being deployed within organizations that
> don't have cmake installed (and don't want to add it to their list of
> dependencies).

I do trust you, no problem !!
I was just [technically] curious :-)

> From my perspective, not being able to use relative paths just seems
> 'broken'. The reason for this limitation is totally unclear to someone like
> me (who is an 'end user' of cmake). I'd love to hear a thoughtful list of
> reasons why relative paths are so hard for cmake to cope with (from one of
> the lead developers, if possible). If I understood more of the technical
> rationale, I'd likely be more sympathetic to the limitation (and apparent
> desire to deprecate the feature entirely).

I let appropriate people answer that one.
I have not sufficient knowledge to answer.

> Thanks for your engagement on this topic,

You are welcome.
-- 
Erk
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