On Monday 16 June 2008 17:15:37 Enrico Weigelt wrote: > * Alexander Neundorf <neundorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb: > > CMake has a cache, where the values of variables are stored, e.g. if an > > option is enabled or not, or where a library has been found (e.g. > > JPEG_LIBRARY=/usr/local/lib/libjpeg.so). > > The way to influence the behaviour of cmake is to change the value of > > these variables, this can be done either via a GUI (curses based or with > > cmake 2.6 also a graphical one), or via the command line: > > $ cmake -D<name_of_variable>=<new_value> ...more options > > Are these variables strictly specified or is all left to individual > author's decision ? Authors decision. > > > autotools need only a shell and make > > > > Yes, and requiring a shell is a lot, in the case you want to port > > also to Windows. > > hmm, why not just expecting an sane shell on the building system ? > (as you already have to expect a sane compiler) Well, we could go so far to expect a "sane" operating system, but you can't change it, there are "insane" people in the world ;-) Alex -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-embedded" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
