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Re: Update Windows Build Instructions
From: Bálint Réczey <balint () balintreczey hu>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 19:45:08 +0100
Hi Stephen, 2015-01-06 0:20 GMT+01:00 Stephen Fisher <sfisher () sdf org>:
On Mon, Jan 05, 2015 at 03:34:16PM -0500, Ed Beroset wrote:Having been around this particular block a couple of times, yes, CMake at times is a battle, but it's also better than the alternative of producing (and maintaining) multiple mutually incompatible and inevitably arbitrarily different build systems in parallel.The beauty of autoconf/automake on Unix is that it spits out standard MakefileS so that normal users don't have to install a special program just to build the software. I haven't tried Wireshark with CMake yet, but doesn't every user have to install it to build the software? Or can cmake's output be included in source distributions so only developers need it?
Originally I was skeptical regarding CMake, but now I think this is the best cross-platform option, thus the best option for Wireshark. Just give it a try, and you will never look back. :-) Theoretically autofoo creates ./configure and a proper makefile system, but in reality the generated scripts get bitrot thus you practically need autofoo everywhere. New platforms for example don't have their gnu triplet in outdated configure scripts. Today the the best practice (IMO) is _not_ shipping configure, but requiring autofoo/CMake in source tarballs. Cheers, Balint ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev () wireshark org> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:wireshark-dev-request () wireshark org?subject=unsubscribe
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- Re: Update Windows Build Instructions, (continued)
- Re: Update Windows Build Instructions Gerald Combs (Jan 05)
- Re: Update Windows Build Instructions Ed Beroset (Jan 05)
- Re: Update Windows Build Instructions Stephen Fisher (Jan 05)
- Re: Update Windows Build Instructions Graham Bloice (Jan 05)
- Re: Update Windows Build Instructions David Arnold (Jan 05)
- Re: Update Windows Build Instructions Stephen Fisher (Jan 05)
- Re: Update Windows Build Instructions Graham Bloice (Jan 05)
- Re: Update Windows Build Instructions Stephen Fisher (Jan 05)
- Re: Update Windows Build Instructions Jeff Morriss (Jan 07)
- Re: Update Windows Build Instructions Guy Harris (Jan 07)
- Re: Update Windows Build Instructions Stephen Fisher (Jan 05)
- Re: Update Windows Build Instructions Bálint Réczey (Jan 06)
- Re: Update Windows Build Instructions Stephen Fisher (Jan 07)
- Re: Update Windows Build Instructions Guy Harris (Jan 07)