> A platform independent package manager for C++ must effectively degrade into a build system that rebuilds all dependencies from source. And it must allow buil

> A platform independent package manager for C++ must effectively degrade into a build system that rebuilds all dependencies from source. And it must allow build parameters for each step to be defined by the dependent libraries or programs, so that the result is something that can be linked together successfully. That's how Cargo works, and it works great.