node.native CMakeLists.txt replacement for its Makefile?

[AlecTaylor]

libuv is a great abstraction layer replacement for libevent; with a major feature being interoperability. Is there a reason we are using vanilla Makefiles?

I.e.: can we migrate from our vanilla Makefile to CMakeLists?

Thanks for your consideration

[sebjameswml]

Hi @AlecTaylor see Issue #25 - this is something which has been discussed. I'm sure a contribution of a CMakeList would be gratefully received. You'll see in the other issue that @divanvisagie has worked on a gyp file and @dennycd suggested cmake.

[AlecTaylor]

Been distracted at work; this is the first night I've had a chance to work on it since raising this issue:

How to use

1. Create a "CMakeLists.txt" in your node.native folder (containing this big code snippet)
2. Create a separate build directory (mine is node_native-build and located a directory above)
3. Run: cmake -g 'Unix Makefiles' ../node_native from node_native-build

CMakeLists.txt

project(node_native)
set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11")
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
aux_source_directory(. SRC_LIST)
add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SRC_LIST})
include_directories(../node_native ../node_native/libuv/include ../node_native/http-parser)

add_custom_command(
OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../node_native/libuv/libuv.a
COMMAND make
WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../node_native/libuv)

add_custom_target(
libuv
DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../node_native/libuv/libuv.a)

add_dependencies(node_native libuv)
target_link_libraries(node_native ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../node_native/libuv/libuv.a)

Error

I would send this through in a pull request, if not for these 376 errors of this style:

…undefined reference to `uv_tcp_bind'…
…undefined reference to `http_parser_init'…

See here for full output. Note that the same errors occur even without the code below # Attempting to link libraries.