[xmlsec] XMLSec & CMake

[Sven Paschukat]

Feel free to link to vcpkg (https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg).

Sven

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Aleksey Sanin <aleksey at aleksey.com>
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 8. Juli 2020 17:02
> An: Sven Paschukat <Sven.Paschukat at starfinanz.de>; xmlsec at aleksey.com
> Betreff: Re: AW: [xmlsec] XMLSec & CMake
> 
> Thanks! I looked at the PR:
> 
> https://github.com/lsh123/xmlsec/pull/296/files
> 
> And it is already complex and there are a few things that I feel have to be added
> (e.g. libxslt support).
> 
> If it is OK with you then I would prefer to add a link to the vcpkg (can you share
> it?) to the README and website instead of adding a new build method to the
> package.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Aleksey
> 
> On 7/8/20 7:04 AM, Sven Paschukat wrote:
> > Did so.
> >
> > Yes, this is not perfect, but for my scenario it's quite easy to build:
> > - Cloning vcpkg
> > - Building vcpkg
> > - Command: vcpkg install xmlsec
> >
> > I've chosen OpenSSL because it's contained in most platforms. One have to
> dive into CMakes capabilities to choose libraries platform dependent, but that's
> out of my scope at the moment.
> >
> > No problem if you hesitate, vcpkg already has a contribution of that script.
> >
> > Sven
> >
> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> >> Von: Aleksey Sanin <aleksey at aleksey.com>
> >> Gesendet: Wednesday, 8 July 2020 01:01
> >> An: Sven Paschukat <Sven.Paschukat at starfinanz.de>; xmlsec at aleksey.com
> >> Betreff: Re: [xmlsec] XMLSec & CMake
> >>
> >> Sure. Though I am hesitant about having 2 build systems :)
> >>
> >> Can you send a PR? I would like to understand how complex is it.
> >> Also, how hard would it be to support more than just openssl?
> >> E.g. on Windows I believe many people are using MS APIs.
> >>
> >> Aleksey
> >>
> >> On 7/7/20 9:27 AM, Sven Paschukat wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I've written a CMake configuration file (CMakeLists.txt) that is
> >>> able to compile
> >> XMLSec library on different platforms. It's not that configurable as
> >> the original configuration script. For example, it always requires
> >> OpenSSL, and it's not prepared to receive compiler options like xslt
> >> or iconv. But it integrates good into a CMake build environment and
> >> especially good into Microsofts vcpkg framework, in order to get rid of the
> dependency management.
> >>>
> >>> At the moment, the CMakeLists.txt is contributed into the build
> >>> process from
> >> the vcpkg environment, but it would be good if we could include it
> >> directly into the XMLSec sources. If I prepare a PR, do you would accept it in
> general?
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>>
> >>> Sven
> >>>
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