[CMake] Converting a large C++-Project to CMake

Benjamin King benjaminking at web.de
Mon Nov 1 00:15:28 EDT 2010


Hello Alex!

> [Dependencies to generated files are] handled properly by cmake-generated
 > makefiles and project files.
> You use add_custom_command() to generate files, and if you really list all
> files the custom command generates after the OUTPUT keyword, parallel builds
> will work properly.

Great, that's good to know.


> You could use GNU make with the MS compiler, or you can use jom, which is a
> nmake compatible make for Windows, which supports parallel builds
> (http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2009/03/27/speeding-up-visual-c-qt-builds/)

Thanks again. I'll try both!

Cheers,
   Benjamin


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