CMake/CPack/CTest/CDash Open Source Tools to Build Test and Deploy C++ Software

[sgbeal]

An old online colleague of mine used to call them the GNU "Auto, my ass!" Tools.

[oktal3700]

Search cmake on flameeyes.eu

Autotools aren't as bad as you think. Autotools and CMake both have their problems. Which one you use will depend on your project.

[SirTubelot]

The speaker should repeat the audience's questions for the record.

[HasenDarkness]

It takes 1 hour. Seriously what the fuck.

[bitminer69er]

The video is good for the introduction to the various tools Kitware is developing, CPack, CMake, and CDash. I have used GNU Make, BJam, and now CMake. So far CMake is working quite well for my builds. Not without problems howerver, no solution is perfect. I have been able to date to get past each of my issues with CMake and the ThridParty libs that use it. I am looking to use CDash and CPack so I cannot speak to these yet. One of the reasons I watched this video.

[redzor812]

they forget to mention cmake is disgusting! :P autoconf and automake is >> cmake. And cmake isn't that portable yet!

[themiwi]

True, autoconf + automake >> cmake. Because they're bloatware and coarsely hobbled together hacks. Ever looked at the M4 code? THAT's ugly! Require Cygwin/MSys just to build a software? Hardly... Just my 2c.

[Tia1ko]

@themiwi: At least they are documented. :D

[redzor812]

ah balls to that autoconf and automake have been around for so long now that they are easy and very very very customisable you can do far more interesting things esp when your working with compilers like me. Though it would be nice to have some msvc integration but meh i never develop on windows i just do C on unix every day :S so i dont care

[themiwi]

Haven't seen anything you can't do with CMake that you can do with autohell so far... (apart from convenience libraries, that is) But I've seen a LOT that you can't do with autohell without going to considerable lengths. And then libtool is just a PITA and unbelievably slow.

So, if you don't care about Windows and your project is medium-sized, go on and torture yourself ;-)

[GODLYELLiiOT]

@Luke1d20 No firefox

[DenGodaOsten]

my ears hurt =(

[OlloX3]

@GODLYELLiiOT: The video works?