CMake

[olafBuddenhagen at gmx.net]

Hi,

On Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 02:06:05PM -0800, Russell Sears wrote:

> 3) The recommended cmake configuration keeps all the autogenerated 
> makefiles / binary objects, etc out of the source directories.  On large 
> projects, this is particularly nice if you have the foresight to have a 
> build-opt/ and build-dbg/ directory.  Then you don't need to do "make 
> clean" (or mess with patches) to switch between optimized and debug 
> builds.  (I would be surprised if there is no way to get 
> automake/autoconf to do this too...)

Autotools don't have a "recommended" configuration here, because that's
up to the user to decide. A good tool should not prescribe the user how
to work. (That's what also makes git a superior tool, for example.)

Unless the build system is seriouly broken, autotooled applications
support both modes equally well.

-antrik-