Fwd: [CMake] Adding cross-compiler support to CMake ... (fwd)

[Arjen Markus]

> Michael Casadevall wrote:
>>>
>>> My intent here is not to start a flamewar between autotools and
>>> cmake, In some cases, autotools is the proper tool vs cmake due to
>>> cross-compiling (which will hopefully fixed) and the fact that you
>>> need the cmake executable to build any CMake package. autotools
>>> configure script merely needs a shell interpreter,
>
> What do you mean "merely" needs a shell interpreter?  For a fair chunk
> of embedded devices out there, that's tantamount to saying that the
> Titanic "merely" needs to pull into port.  There are 3 cases for
> embedded devices:
>
> - systems with a Bourne shell and ccmake available
> - systems with a Bourne shell available
> - systems without any kind of shell, or really any kind of resources
>
> Yes, Autoconf has more cross-compilation reach than CMake at present,
> but it hardly covers everything.
>

Don't forget all those PCs with Windows installed but no Cygwin or MingW:
they simply can not use the configure scripts. Of course, one can require
these users to install Cygwin or MingW, but what is that different from
installing CMake?

Regards,

Arjen