[CMake] "Mastering CMake": which cmake version?

[Dan Kegel]

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Mikael Lyngvig <mikael at lyngvig.org> wrote:
>> On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Rahul Garg <rahulgarg44 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Just wondering, which version of CMake does "Mastering CMake 5th
>> edition" cover?
>
> Nobody seems to have answered this yet.  A picture in the book shows CMake
> v2.6.  I can't find any direct reference to the version number, though.

Whichever, it's pretty old.

My two cents': the cmake documentation is best treated as general
hints and reference material.   You should try to understand it,
but more important is to try small examples yourself, and
get them fully working.

I worked through a few tiny examples myself while I
was learning; they're online at
https://code.google.com/p/winezeug/source/browse/#svn%2Ftrunk%2Fcmake_examples
They're kind of crappy, but at least they're very small, and they worked for me.
- Dan