> -----Original Message----- > From: wireshark-dev-boun...@wireshark.org [mailto:wireshark-dev- > boun...@wireshark.org] On Behalf Of Joerg Mayer > Sent: 12 January 2012 00:19 > To: Developer support list for Wireshark > Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Windows build environment > > On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 11:23:21AM -0000, Graham Bloice wrote: > > > On Jan 6, 2012, at 7:46 AM, Graham Bloice wrote: > > > > > > > I've also wondered about moving on from nmake and converting to > > > MSBuild. This is only usable from VS2008 or later though. Any > > > thoughts > > on > > > that? > > > > > > If we do so, can we continue to have lists of source files in > > Makefile.common, > > > rather than, say, having to duplicate such a list in other files > > > (which developers might forget to do)? Or, at least, can we > > > automatically > > generate > > > the relevant MSBuild files from files such as Makefile.common? > > > > Although I haven't investigated I would expect MSBuild to be able to > > absorb such input and make it useable, either directly or by a task to > > generate the required file. > > As an alternative: How about making building with cmake work for Windows? > After that, maybe the following article has some clues: > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1459482/how-to-use-cmake-for-non- > interactive-build-on-windows > > I'm willing to support anyone who is willing to tackle this, it's just that I don't > have a Windows system to do this on my own. >
My initial motivation was more about reducing dependencies on stuff that Windows folks don't normally have installed, e.g. Cygwin, and also to move things forward a bit in terms of supported build technologies, although I don't suppose nmake is going away anytime soon. Last time I looked at CMake on Windows it didn't work for me, but I didn't look too hard. IIUC CMake is a "Makefile" generator, can it do all the stuff we currently do in nmake which is a fair bit more than just working out dependencies and compiling and linking the required modules? CMake's ability to generate Visual Studio project files could be attractive to some as well. ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev@wireshark.org> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:wireshark-dev-requ...@wireshark.org?subject=unsubscribe
