Hi Larry, On Sat, 2008-05-24 at 08:36 -0500, Larry Evans wrote:
I got to the page: http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/CMakeBuildFeatures from a link on: http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/CMake with name: * Tune the CMake build configuration (verbosity, tests, variants)? However, nothing on CMakeBuildFeatures mentions how to specify which compiler *variant* to use.
Compiler variant? Do you mean specifying a specific compiler or changing the compilation options?
Also, http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/CMakeBuildConfiguration mentions ccmake without any link explaining where to get it.
Good, thanks. We should revise this introduction to point users at "cmake-gui", which is the graphical configuration utility available on most Unix variants. "ccmake" is still there, of course, but the Qt cmake-gui is nicer. (This is now ticket 1945 in the Trac)
Also on CMakeBuildConfiguration there's:
On unix, run
ccmake <path-to-source>
or
ccmake <path-to-build>
but no explanation of why there's two ways to do what, at this point in the docs, appears to be the same thing. Only later, at the phrase:
The same information is stored in a file CMakeCache.txt located in the build directory. This is what ccmake reads if it is started pointing to a build directory.
is the reason for the 2nd cmake command obvious; however, it would be clearer to say run:
ccmake <path-to-source>
the first time, and then you can run:
ccmake <path-to-build>
Good point, thanks! I've done some editing to the wiki page, but of course anyone is free to go and try to clarify this documentation further. - Doug