On 13-03-04 12:05 PM, Andy Hawkins wrote:> Not sure if you've considered it, but cmake allows you to generate Visual > Studio project files automatically, while still allowing cross platform > builds.Does this still require a Visual Studio install? If so this feature isn't much help for developers based on non-Windows systems. -r
Hi, In article <51362D2F.4070208 at thaumas.net>, Ralph Giles<giles at thaumas.net> wrote:> Does this still require a Visual Studio install? If so this feature > isn't much help for developers based on non-Windows systems.Yes, all CMake does is generate the files appropriate for your build system (Makefiles for linux, Visual Studio project files for Windows). You can often use the free 'Express' versions of the compilers to build with. Andy
What is the reason that libFLAC is available for Windows in the first place? Aren't there lots of alternatives for Windows anyway?
On 13-03-05 10:50 AM, Andy Hawkins wrote:> Yes, all CMake does is generate the files appropriate for your build system > (Makefiles for linux, Visual Studio project files for Windows).I meant that CMake cannot generate Visual Studio project files for Windows without an actual Windows environment with a copy of Visual Studio. What would really help Linux- (or Mac-) based developers would be something like the GNU toolchain's 'make dist' which build project files regardless of what platform it's invoked on, so developers could support, or at least have a better chance of keeping up to date, build descriptions they do not themselves test. -r