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This is my life now, until I finally understand Cmake. (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 3 months ago by jupyter_rain@discuss.tchncs.de to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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Which will probably be never.

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[โ€“] Asudox@lemmy.world 39 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (6 children)

I mean, all cmake does is run some commands for you. You not understanding cmake errors (mostly) means you don't understand the errors given to you by the C/C++ compiler.

[โ€“] paperplane@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago

CMake can also emit its own errors during the configure step though, particularly if you have complicated build logic and/or lots of external packages.

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