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

[Javier Jimenez Shaw]

I also accept some included by default, that can be disabled with an
option. But never silently depending on what is installed.
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On Tue, 5 Oct 2021 at 15:11, Greg Troxel <gdt at lexort.com> wrote:

>
> 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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