1 Explain the cmake build system for wireshark
7 To find out the current state of the cmake implementaion for
8 Wireshark, please take a look at "What needs to be done?" below.
9 Basically this is an experiment and if we find out that it works
10 and we like cmake more than autofoo we might switch one day.
15 How to get started with cmake?
18 What needs to be done?
21 How to get started with cmake?
22 ==============================
24 You can find documentation on cmake at: http://www.cmake.org/
26 cmake is designed to support out of tree builds. So much so, that
27 in tree builds do not work properly in all cases.
29 How to do out of tree build (Unix/Linux):
31 2) Assuming, you are in the top directory of the wireshark source
35 5) cmake ../<Name_of_WS_source_dir>
39 in step 5), you may override the defaults for features:
40 cmake -DENABLE_CAP=OFF ../<Name_of_WS_source_dir>
41 will disable the capabilities check.
44 On OS X, you may want to run cmake like this:
45 cmake -DENABLE_CAP=OFF -G "Unix Makefiles"
49 - Can create project files for some MS and Apple IDEs.
51 - Easier to understand/learn
52 - Doesn't create any files in the source tree in case
54 - One build infrastructure even including Windows
60 - Everyone who wants to build from source needs cmake
61 - Current state of documentation isn't really better than
62 autofoo documentation, in some respect it's even worse
63 (you need to buy a book to get an explanation as to how
70 All the executables now build on my system (32bit openSUSE 11.1) from
73 What needs to be done?
74 ======================
76 - Redo glib2 and gtk2 find modules.
77 - Add back platform specific objects.
78 - Fix places in the cmake files marked as todo.
79 - Add back (working) install target.
80 Currently, directories are created with user umask
81 - Build source package (using CPack).
82 - Build rpm package (using CPack).
83 - Add back checkAPI target.
84 - Test and add support for other platforms (BSDs, OSX,
85 Solaris, Win32, Win64, ...)
87 Couldn't load module /opt/test/lib/wireshark/plugins/1.3.0/libasn1.so: /opt/test/lib/wireshark/plugins/1.3.0/libasn1.so: undefined symbol: asn1_bool_decode
88 Couldn't load module /opt/test/lib/wireshark/plugins/1.3.0/libmate.so: /opt/test/lib/wireshark/plugins/1.3.0/libmate.so: undefined symbol: mate_load_config
92 The home page of the cmake project
95 The home page of the cmake project documentation
96 http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake
98 About cmake in general and why KDE4 uses it
99 http://lwn.net/Articles/188693/
101 Introductory/tutorial presentation
102 http://ait.web.psi.ch/services/linux/hpc/hpc_user_cookbook/tools/cmake/docs/Cmake_VM_2007.pdf
104 Introductory arcticle in Linux Journal
105 http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/6700/print
108 http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_Useful_Variables
111 http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ
113 Additional cmake modules
114 http://code.google.com/p/cmake-modules/