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Avoid ExternalProject_Add. You're better off using 'find_package', 'add_subdirectory', 'pkg_check_modules', or Conan depending on where your dependency comes fr
by humanrebar 8y ago
Avoid ExternalProject_Add. You're better off using 'find_package', 'add_subdirectory', 'pkg_check_modules', or Conan depending on where your dependency comes from.
In my opinion, CMake is best as a (meta)build system, leaving packaging details to a different layer.
- kartikkumar 8y agoI use ExternalProject_Add of building external dependencies from source, like this: https://github.com/kartikkumar/cppbase/blob/master/Dependencies.cmake https://github.com/kartikkumar/cppbase/blob/master/Dependenc...