Re: dh --parallel (was: Re: RFS: lebiniou)
On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Tony Houghton <h@realh.co.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:40:43 +0200
> Mathieu Malaterre <mathieu.malaterre@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Tony Houghton <h@realh.co.uk> wrote:
>> > I think writing build scripts in a language like python is very nice
>> > (autoconf is too slow, let's use python, spot the irony :)) but I've
>> > found waf and scons don't really suit my needs. So I'm writing my
>> > own which combines python with a simple and flexible concept of
>> > make-like rules and dependencies.
>>
>> cmake does support parallel builds.
>>
>> 2cts
>
> Do you mean in its (equivalent of) configure stage? cmake was on my
> shortlist too, but I decided not to commit to it because its
> documentation looked a little weak unless you're prepared to buy a book
> which is quite expensive, especially outside the US. Additionally, I
> think the fact that it works by generating makefiles would make it share
> some of the drawbacks that brings to automake.
You should not need the cmake book AFAIK. cmake --help-command
add_executable should get you started.
cmake has a single pass configuration. But indeed this is not executed
in parallel. Compared to the time it takes to compile C++ code, this
is IMHO negligible
2cts
--
Mathieu
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