To clarify you can generate nmake files with CMake. On Sat, Sep 5, 2020, 8:35 AM Daniel Stenberg via curl-library < curl-library@cool.haxx.se> wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Sep 2020, Rod Widdowson via curl-library wrote: > > > I'd be *very* reluctant to see the NMAKE files go, but we have never > used > > the vcxproj files. As I recall, I couldn't get over the apparent > impedance > > mismatch between the multiple parameterization options and the > configuration > > types. > > Thanks, but I have no intentions of removing the nnake files. I believe > those > are in a rather good shape, are frequently used and the documentation for > them > is decent. They are makefiles, easy to understand and maintain even for us > who > don't actually ever use them. > > I was hoping that building curl on windows could be narrowed down to > primarily > be using these: > > - nmake for building with visual studio (winbuild/) > - configure for msys/mingw style builds > - cmake for the rest > - (mingw makefiles for the adventureous, but they remain mostly > undocumented) > > The VS project files are different. They are custom XML files for a > proprietary product that are (next to) impossible for anyone without that > tool > to verify and fix. And cmake can generate such files. > > -- > > / daniel.haxx.se | Commercial curl support up to 24x7 is available! > | Private help, bug fixes, support, ports, new features > | https://www.wolfssl.com/contact/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Unsubscribe: https://cool.haxx.se/list/listinfo/curl-library > Etiquette: https://curl.haxx.se/mail/etiquette.html
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