[THRIFT-2571] Simplify cross compilation using CMake

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.9.2
• Component/s: Compiler (General)
• Assignee: Henrique Mendonca
• Reporter: Pascal Bach
• Created: 10/Jun/14 11:33
• Updated: 20/Feb/21 15:26
• Resolved: 11/Jun/14 10:28

Description

Using CMake would simplify cross compilation.

The for example the same build script can be used to build:

• Native for Linux using GCC
• Native for Windows using Visual Studio
• Cross compile for ARM on Linux
• Cross compile for Windows form Linux using mingw32

It also makes it easy to generate project files for Eclipse or Visual Studio.

Some examples:

Create an eclipse project

mkdir build_ec && cd build_ec
cmake -G "Eclipse CDT4 - Unix Makefiles" ../compiler/cpp
make

Now open the folder build_ec using eclipse.

Create a Visual Studio project (Windows only)

mkdir build_vs && cd build_vs
cmake -G "Visual Studio 12" ../compiler/cpp

Now open the folder build_vs using Visual Studio.

Cross compile using mingw32

mkdir build_mingw32 && cd build_mingw32
cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../contrib/mingw32-toolchain.cmake ../compiler/cpp
make

Issue Links

• is superceded by: THRIFT-2850 Have the cmake build system run make cross
• relates to: THRIFT-797 Converting to cmake from autotools