[CMake] External Packages?

[Ruslan Baratov]

Take a look at this project: https://github.com/ruslo/hunter

On 07-Apr-15 21:59, Steven Stallion wrote:
> All,
>
> I'm currently working on a fairly large project that requires a number 
> of external tools be installed. I've been playing with the idea of 
> having CMake download and install these packages prior to building the 
> project. I have something that works using a combination of custom 
> modules and external projects, but I'm not quite satisfied.
>
> After trolling through the find_package documentation, I'm tempted to 
> write a module that will download and install a CPack package hosted 
> on an HTTP server. This is somewhat similar to the approach that 
> neovim has taken, however I'd like to use the user package registry 
> rather than CMAKE_CURRENT_BUILD_DIR; having some persistence would 
> make life a bit better with multiple clones.
>
> I'm surprised that CMake doesn't have support for something like this 
> already - does this ring a bell to anyone? If not, I'm tempted to put 
> together an ExternalPackage module that would encapsulate this 
> behavior, which should dovetail nicely with find_package and friends.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Steve
>
>

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