cdetect-users — Questions about how to use cDetect

[Cdetect-users] Using CDetect

[LM <lm...@gm...>]

First, I wanted to say that I think CDetect is great.  It's just what
I've been looking for to replace configure/GNU autoconf when building
Open Source software.  I no longer need GNU autoconf, m4, Perl and
other dependencies installed just to get a C or C++ program to build.

The IngwiePhoenix documentation (
https://github.com/IngwiePhoenix/cDetect/wiki/Documentation:-The-general
) and example builds (for FLTK, etc.) are extremely helpful as well.

As I started working with CDetect, I noticed several items on the ToDo
list and also found several situations where I could use extra
functionality to accomplish what I needed.  For instance, I'm using
pkgconf (drop in replacement for pkg-config) to avoid using libtool
whenever possible.  I wanted CDetect to be able to access the results
from pkgconf.  Some configure scripts needed sizes of data types.  I
wanted to be able to use it with C++ programs and not just C programs.
I also worked on items on the ToDo list like "Document the API".  I've
created a patch to the CDetect program with several additions
including the ones I just mentioned.  If anyone would like a copy of
my modifications, you can find them by following the archive link on
this page:
http://www.distasis.com/cpp/lmbld.htm

Wanted to thank the developers who worked on this project for creating
such a compact, portable, tool that requires so few dependencies to
work.  I've found it invaluable as a replacement for
configure/autoconf.  Hope to continue to add needed features when
necessary so that it can completely replace configure with many of the
Open Source projects I build.

[Cdetect-users] GitHub fork!

[Kevin I. <ing...@go...>]

I created a github fork, as I really like the module and wish to use it in my future project, so I can use it as a submodule. Here you can find the fork!
https://github.com/IngwiePhoenix/cDetect

Kind regards, Ingwie.

[Cdetect-users] Implementing into build

[Kevin I. <ing...@go...>]

Hey!

I wish to integrate cDetect into my build system*, as it lacks configuration support (is header xyz.h present, is libabc available, …). So I have a few questions:

- How usable/production ready is cDetect at the moment?
- Will it work on Windows too?
- Which functions are actually available?

From what I understand, one always includes cdetect.c into their source file and does all configuration from the file’s int main(). This sounds ultra simple - and in my opinion is a major advantage over things like autotools.

My goal is to create configurations for PHP, cURL and FLTK as these are parts of my project**.

Kind regards,
Kevin Ingwersen

*: https://github.com/IngwiePhoenix/build
**: https://github.com/Deskshell-Core/PhoenixEngine

[Cdetect-users] Test

[Bjorn R. <br...@ma...>]

Test