[CMake] Build only what you need in third party libs

[David Cole]

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 7:58 AM, David Wolfe <dwolfe at fifthsally.com> wrote:

> On 12/22/2009 7:11 AM, David Wolfe wrote:
>
>>                                            Most of our external
>> dependencies aren't even built using CMake, so 'CMake-ifying' everything
>> under one big über-build hardly seems worth it...
>>
>
> On 12/22/2009 6:50 AM, David Cole wrote:
>
>> One way to overcome these things, but still build projects from source
>> code as needed is to use a new feature in CMake 2.8: the ExternalProject
>> module...
>>
>
> Wow. That could be *really* useful---especially the fact that it allows
> you to download sources from the web, CVS, svn, etc.  It might be enough
> to change my mind about maintaining a separate externals archive. :-)



If it's not enough to change your mind...... let me know what you think it's
missing.

:-)
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