Re: [trinity-devel] cmake options

Timothy Pearson wrote: To me, this is a drawback of cmake. You have to specify everything. I'm not an expert in cmake, but with configure, you generally can do --help and get a list of acceptable parameters. Most of the time it also tells you if the dependency is (auto) or not, or what the default is. For example, in kdegraphics-3.5.10, a simple ./configure gives: checking for sane-config... not found checking if doc should be compiled... yes checking if kamera should be compiled... no checking if kcoloredit should be compiled... yes checking if kfax should be compiled... yes checking if kgamma should be compiled... yes checking if kghostview should be compiled... yes checking if kiconedit should be compiled... yes checking if kmrml should be compiled... yes checking if kolourpaint should be compiled... yes checking if kpdf should be compiled... yes checking if kpovmodeler should be compiled... yes checking if kruler should be compiled... yes checking if ksnapshot should be compiled... yes checking if ksvg should be compiled... yes checking if kuickshow should be compiled... yes checking if kview should be compiled... yes checking if kviewshell should be compiled... yes checking if libkscan should be compiled... no checking if kfile-plugins should be compiled... yes checking if kfaxview should be compiled... yes checking if kdvi should be compiled... yes checking if kooka should be compiled... no But kdegraphics-3.5.13 requires: cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$TRINITY_PREFIX \ -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON \ -DQT_VERSION=3 \ -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-fpermissive" \ -DWITH_TIFF=ON \ -DWITH_PAM=ON \ -DBUILD_ALL=ON \ -DBUILD_KAMERA=OFF \ -DBUILD_KSVG=OFF \ -DBUILD_KUICKSHOW=OFF \ -DBUILD_LIBKSCAN=OFF \ -DBUILD_KOOKA=OFF \ -DBUILD_KGHOSTVIEW=OFF \ -DBUILD_KFILE_PLUGINS=OFF \ $KDEGRAPHICS This is fine for a developer, but a lot more difficult for someone who just wants to build the package once.