Re: cmake: respect ${S} and ${B} patch problem

["Miroslav Keš" <miroslav.kes@gmail.com>]

On 06/13/14 18:38, Burton, Ross wrote:
> On 13 June 2014 17:33, Miroslav Keš <miroslav.kes@gmail.com> wrote:
>> +    if [ -z "${OECMAKE_SOURCEPATH}" ]; then
>> +        OECMAKE_SOURCEPATH="${S}"
>>      fi
>>
>>      if [ "${S}" != "${B}" ]; then
>> @@ -84,7 +88,7 @@ cmake_do_configure() {
>>
>>      cmake \
>>        ${OECMAKE_SITEFILE} \
>> -      ${S} \
>> +      ${OECMAKE_SOURCEPATH} \
> A better idiom that's more self-documenting would be to set
> OECMAKE_SOURCEPATH ?= "${S}" at the top-level.

You are right.

> Would it be sensible to give that variable a different name as it
> refers specifically to the location of the cmake file, and not the
> rest of the source?

I was thinking about a better name too.
The reason why I stayed with the OECMAKE_SOURCEPATH is that the cmake
man page says:

USAGE

  cmake [options] <path-to-source>

And that's the directory that I want to set. So I thought that it would
be understandable for people familiar with cmake.

Mira
> Ross