[LLVMdev] RFC: Timeline for deprecating the autoconf build system?

[Steven Stewart-Gallus]

> You can use an initial cache file for common settings, see 
> http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/v2.8.11/cmake.html#opt%3a-Cinitial-
> cacheOn the RPATH issue: If you use the newer compiler, the newer 
> libstdc++ should be used automatically (CMake uses absolute RPATHs 
> by default, these are removed when installing), and which compiler 
> should be used can be specified at configuration time. In general, 
> RPATH is pretty well documented 
> http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_RPATH_handlingIf you want to 
> specify your install path completely using DESTDIR, just set an 
> empty CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX...

Doesn't LLVM use CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX to find its personal data and
other binaries?

> "Extremely portable" is not how I would describe autotools...

To Unix systems in 1980, of course.

Thank you,
Steven Stewart-Gallus