[ARROW-7501] [C++] CMake build_thrift should build flex and bison if necessary

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Fix Version/s: 0.17.0
• Component/s: C++
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/23766
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Neal Richardson
• Created: 06/Jan/20 18:46
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:54
• Resolved: 07/Mar/20 22:09

Description

On MSVC and APPLE, build_thrift will handle thrift's flex and bison dependencies: https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/f578521/cpp/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake#L1052-L1097

But you're on your own on linux. In ARROW-6793, I wrote 100 lines of R code to do this for my needs: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/6068/files#diff-3875fa5e75833c426b36487b25892bd8R204-R309

We should translate this to CMake so it's generally available.

Issue Links

• is related to: ARROW-6821 [C++][Parquet] Do not require Thrift compiler when building (but still require library)
• relates to: ARROW-6821 [C++][Parquet] Do not require Thrift compiler when building (but still require library)