[CMake] [VS gen] Multiple configurations code
Michael Jackson
mike.jackson at bluequartz.net
Mon Jul 26 16:40:16 EDT 2010
On Jul 26, 2010, at 4:35 PM, Olaf van der Spek wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 10:31 PM, John Drescher
> <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:
>> You do not have multiple copies of the source. You have 1 copy of the
>> source that you build in multiple trees. For me I build 32 and 64 bit
>> for multiple compilers. They all share the same source tree but have
>> different build trees.
>>
>> For example my source is in
>>
>> X:\CmakeBased
>>
>> My builds are in
>>
>> X:\32bit\vs.71
>> X:\32bit\vs.80
>> X:\32bit\vs.90
>>
>> X:\64bit\vs.80
>> X:\64bit\vs.90
>>
>> For each build I need to open the appropriate project file in the
>> build tree.
>
> Isn't it easier to use the command line?
> If this is automated, it's not too bad.
> Does CMake provide a way to automate this?
>
> Olaf
One can create a shell or batch file to pretty easily set this up. It
is debatable if this type of functionality is needed in cmake itself
but by all means put in a feature request.
Mike Jackson
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