CMake Best Practices

Assessments

This section is for answers to questions from all chapters.

Chapter 1, Kickstarting CMake

1. cmake -S /path/to/source -B /path/to/build.
2. cmake -build /path/to/build.
3. ctest.
4. cpack.
5. Targets are logical units around which CMake organizes a build. They can be executables, libraries, or contain custom commands.
6. Unlike variables, properties are attached to a specific object or scope.
7. CMake presets are used to share working configurations for a build.

Chapter 2, Accessing CMake in the Best Ways

1. Here are the answers:
   1. cmake –S . -B ./build -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:STRING= "/usr/bin/clang++ "
   2. cmake –S . -B ./build -G "Ninja"
   3. cmake –S . -B ./build -DCMAKE_BUILD_FLAGS_DEBUG:STRING= "-Wall"
2. The project previously configured in question 1 can be built ...