On 09/07/2019 18:25, J Decker wrote:
On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 9:38 AM hex <hex...@gmail.com
<mailto:hex...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I think the better solution now is to make it relative to build
directory and force out of source builds.
+1 I think; You said it was generated? It should be in the build
directory anyway :)
And out of source always. (makes it easier to source version control)
Now that I look at it it seems very obvious. I still have doubts, though:
I guess I am seeing the contents of a build directory as somewhat
volatile. For most files I want that, to either clean the project or
override the files.
But what about files I want to archive, such as a tarball or zipped
documentation: does it make sense to place them into the build
directory? The files belong to the project, though are not source
controlled but aren't install targets either.
Another thing I noticed is that my CMAKE_GENERATOR are now buried in
subfolders. To change that I set PREFIX
"${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/workspaces". Now all external projects are using
the same prefix and are therefore generated into the same directory
'workspaces'.
I could even set PREFIX "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/workspaces" which I'd
actually prefer.
The default binary directory is per project so I'd also change this to
BINARY_DIR=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
I'm not concerned about /how/ to do it but rather /if/ it should be
done. The documentation recommends to stick with the defaults.
Any thoughts on this?
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