[csw-maintainers] Howto package applications that use cmake?

[John Ellson]

Mike Watters wrote:
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> John Ellson wrote:
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>> I'd like to package libLASi, mostly because graphviz can use it:
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>>    http://www.unifont.org/lasi/
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>> I have a couple of problems because it uses cmake.
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>>   1. CSWcmake isn't installed on the build hosts
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> Send a request to buildfarm at lists.opencsw.org requesting the install of cmake
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Will do.
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>>   2. How to convince GAR to use cmake?  Can anyone point me to another
>> package that uses it?
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> GAR should use whatever configure tells it to use for the actual compile.
> it will only use gmake for the commands to build the installation environment.
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Thats the problem.  There is no "configure".  I guess I could patch one 
in, but it
would be better if I could just run "cmake"  per the libLASi build 
instructions:

    http://www.unifont.org/lasi/#cmake


John