[gdal-dev] RFC 84: Migrating build systems to CMake

[Greg Troxel]

Javier Jimenez Shaw <j1 at jimenezshaw.com> writes:

> How would CMake behave with all those options that are defined depending on
> what is present on the compiler machine?
>
> IMHO, the libraries included should be independent on what is already
> installed on the compiler machine. The last time something/somebody
> included "zstd" in our compiler machine, and not in the executing machine,
> and we couldn't run anything. We did not need zstd, but it was there,
> breaking the execution. I know that the solution there is disable it
> "--without-zstd". What I do not like is the lack of definition, because
> what is present on the compiler machine may change.

I agree that is is best for a build to hard-require what is required and
decline to use things that are not required.   I don't think this issue
is any different autoconf vs cmake.
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