2011/6/20 Ilja Golshtein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ilejncs@narod.ru">ilejncs@narod.ru</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Michael,<br>
<br>
the problem is I cannot make my project dependent on CMake 2.8<br>
since 2.8 does not exist in major server distros.<br>
<br>
That is why I am asking if it is impossible/possible/already_done to<br>
backport ExternalProject to 2.6.<br>
<br>
Thanks.<br>
<br>
20.06.2011, 13:39, "Michael Wild" <<a href="mailto:themiwi@gmail.com">themiwi@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5">> On 06/20/2011 11:28 AM, Ilja Golshtein wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Hello,<br>
>><br>
>> is it possible to backport ExternalProject to 2.6?<br>
>> Did anyone try successfully or unsuccessfully?<br>
>><br>
>> Unfortunately 2.8 is not an option since it is not included even in recent RHEL 6.0.<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks.<br>
><br>
> You can also download the 2.8 binaries from <a href="http://cmake.org" target="_blank">http://cmake.org</a>, unpack<br>
> them somewhere convenient and then include the bin/ directory in your<br>
> PATH. Very simple, works on virtually all Linux systems and there's no<br>
> need to compile anything (except for your own code, that is ;-))<br>
><br>
> Michael<br>
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<font color="#888888">Ilja Golshtein.<br>
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<div><br></div><div>It uses the "cmake --build" feature extensively, which is only in cmake 2.8.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm sure you could do it, but it would be a fairly significant effort.</div><div><br>
</div><div>We have no plans to do so.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>HTH,</div><div>David</div><div><br></div>