OpenfoldersBaseProject VS cmake-conan

*Makes angry noises about cmake presets(shamelessplug)*

Our project utilizes vcpkg to consume all libs we require, even those that are not available on vcpkg repo via overlays. What is nice about overlays is that it allows you to add your own cmake patches to the lib you're consuming which means you can write your own cmake layer for non-cmake libs (ie. bazel based projects, we use it for tensorflowlite), this is pretty much our setup, although this example doesn't show the overlay part

-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 9.4.0-- The C compiler identification is GNU 9.4.0 -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done -- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ - skipped -- Detecting CXX compile features -- Detecting CXX compile features - done -- Detecting C compiler ABI info -- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc - skipped -- Detecting C compile features -- Detecting C compile features - done -- Setting build type to 'RelWithDebInfo' as none was specified. -- /usr/local/bin/ccache found and enabled -- Downloading conan.cmake from https://github.com/conan-io/cmake-conan -- Conan: Adding cci remote repository (https://center.conan.io) verify ssl (True) usage: conan remote [-h] [-v [V]] {add,auth,disable,enable,list,list-users,login,logout,remove,rename,set-user,update} ... conan remote: error: unrecognized arguments: https://center.conan.io True ERROR: Exiting with code: 2 CMake Error at build/conan.cmake:858 (message): Conan remote failed='2' Call Stack (most recent call first): build/_deps/_project_options-src/src/Conan.cmake:20 (conan_add_remote) build/_deps/_project_options-src/src/Index.cmake:182 (run_conan) build/_deps/_project_options-src/src/DynamicProjectOptions.cmake:132 (project_options) CMakeLists.txt:79 (dynamic_project_options)-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! See also "/home/user/Desktop/bitwyre/trading/intermediaries/cram_cpp_v3/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".

Some pure conan options, there's a 2.0 super early developer preview for https://github.com/conan-io/cmake-conan/tree/develop2

https://github.com/conan-io/cmake-conan/tree/develop2 might interest you :) we love feedback

I totally agree with you. Have a look at the new cmake-conan integration using Dependency Provider in the develop2 branch : https://github.com/conan-io/cmake-conan/tree/develop2

I've always used conan together with the conan cmake module

using conan from within cmake you can use this https://github.com/conan-io/cmake-conan, or just write your own execute process way of calling it . https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/command/execute_process.html

See https://github.com/conan-io/cmake-conan for a neat wrapper that I use in almost all my projects

I always wanted to try to use cmake-conan so I could let Conan grab all packages but have a neat cmake script being in charge of what gets built when. Also, this would allow me to easily switch between CMake fetchcontent and Conan packages that may or may not be stashed automatically on a local Artifactory server. Secondly, since now all build requirements are stashed on a server and binary reproducible, you could concider adding icecream and ccache into the mix. (Try running a node one of your buildservers for massive speadups with icecream) This however does require a reproducible build environment (by configure script) which conan again is really good in.