UNIX and Win32 binaries (both 32- and 64-bit) can be built using CMake. CMake is an open-source tool like `automake` - it generates makefiles.
CMake (as of v3.14.5) is able to generate:
* Borland Makefiles * MSYS Makefiles * MinGW Makefiles * NMake Makefiles * Unix Makefiles * Visual Studio 16 2019 * Visual Studio 15 2017 * Visual Studio 14 2015 * Visual Studio 12 2013 * Visual Studio 11 2012 * Visual Studio 10 2010 * Visual Studio 9 2008 * Watcom WMake
The steps are:
1. Install cmake (e.g. from cmake.org);
2. Add directory containing cmake executable to PATH environment
variable;
3. Run cmake from the bdwgc root directory, passing the target with -G
option - e.g. type cmake -G "Visual Studio 9 2008" and use the gc.sln
file generated by cmake to build gc library.
Notes:
* Specify -Denable_cplusplus=ON option to build gccpp and gctba
libraries (i.e. the ones that provide bdwgc C++ support).
* Specify -Dbuild_tests=ON option to the tests (and run them by
ctest -V).
You can also run cmake from a build directory to build outside of the root of the source tree - just specify the path to the latter, e.g.:
mkdir out
cd out
cmake -G "Visual Studio 9 2008" -Dbuild_tests=ON ..
cmake --build . --config Release
ctest --build-config Release -V
Here is a sample for Linux (build, test and install, w/o C++ support):
mkdir out
cd out
cmake -Dbuild_tests=ON ..
cmake --build .
ctest
make install
The main input to cmake is CMakeLists.txt file (script) in the bdwgc root
directory. For help, go to cmake.org.
Another project could add bdwgc as one of its dependencies with something like
this in their CMakeLists.txt:
find_package(BDWgc 8.2.0 REQUIRED)
add_executable(Foo foo.c)
target_link_libraries(Foo BDWgc::gc)
Other exported libraries are: cord, gccpp, gctba.