[LLVMdev] CMake builds clang.

[Chris Lattner]

On Oct 26, 2008, at 1:58 PM, Óscar Fuentes wrote:

> Chris Lattner <clattner at apple.com> writes:
>
> [snip]
>
>> That said, I don't really think the file globbing is that big of a
>> "feature".  If it turns out that we don't get it with cmake, that's
>> ok.
>
> Automatic file globbing is, at least on GNU systems, possible with
> CMake. It would require some added complexity, and this I want to
> avoid.
>
> File globbing saves a minute or two per year and developer. Just one
> broken build caused, directly or indirectly, by a bug on this feature
> would send down the drain all the time you saved on the whole life of
> the LLVM project.
>
> OTOH, achieving a build system that is efficient and easy to maintain
> would be a major gain. Once it is finished, I expect that some minutes
> of study would be enough for understanding how the LLVM CMake build
> system works. Add an hour more and you will be ready for some major
> maintenance work, without previous CMake experience. Apart from its
> multiplatform, multitool character, this is where CMake is vastly
> superior to autoconf & gmake.

I completely agree,

-Chris