External Issue: prereqs.rst doesn't note all cases cmake is required

chapelu · October 8, 2021, 5:12am

18536, "cassella", "prereqs.rst doesn't note all cases cmake is required", "2021-10-08T05:10:29Z"

prereqs.rst doesn't note all cases cmake is required

opened 05:10AM - 08 Oct 21 UTC

`doc/rst/usingchapel/prereqs.rst` says about `cmake` only that it's required to …build the bundled LLVM. However, it's also required in order to build docs, due to `compiler/next/Makefile.help`: ``` CMAKE ?= cmake ``` And also direct calls to `cmake` instead of `$(CMAKE)` in a few places. (And `make docs` now reaches rules in that file that use cmake.) If it's intentional for `cmake` to now be a prereq for things apart from building teh bundled LLVM, I think the docs should be updated. If not, the makefiles need adjusting.

doc/rst/usingchapel/prereqs.rst says about cmake only that it's required to build the bundled LLVM. However, it's also required in order to build docs, due to compiler/next/Makefile.help:

CMAKE ?= cmake

And also direct calls to cmake instead of $(CMAKE) in a few places.

(And make docs now reaches rules in that file that use cmake.)

If it's intentional for cmake to now be a prereq for things apart from building teh bundled LLVM, I think the docs should be updated. If not, the makefiles need adjusting.