Multiple settings gradle files for multiple projects building

I was able to solve this problem in a relatively clean way. Improvements are certainly welcome! Although Gradle does not support multiple settings.gradle scripts out of the box, it is possible to create individual sub-projects each with their own settings.gradle file. Let’s say you have multi-project A that depends on multi-project B, each with their … Read more

Perl build, unit testing, code coverage: A complete working example

It took me a while and it also took me taking small snippets from a number of different sources and melting them together, but I think I have a small working example that sufficiently demonstrates to a Perl newbie the Perl build process including unit testing and code coverage analysis & reporting. (I’m using ActiveState … Read more

Verification of dependency authenticity in Maven POM based automated build systems

tl;dr: Non-existent verification mechanisms in Maven and missing language constructs in the POM’s DSL are a serious security threat. Until MNG-6026 is addressed, use someting like Gradle Witness. Introduction None of the answers provided so far seem to solve the problem. Signing artifacts is only a first step into the right direction. But the condition … Read more

Can the “Application Error” dialog box be disabled?

Use “Disable error reporting”, as Mr. Gently suggests. See also this PC World article. If you happen to have MS Visual Studio on your build machine, it will catch Application Errors and pop up a dialog box. To disable these dialogs (and also the Just-In-Time Debugging feature of Visual Studio), run the command drwtsn32.exe -i … Read more

Generate C# project using CMake

As of CMake 3.8.2, CSharp project generation is officially supported by CMake. To build the default Visual Studio 2017 generated C#/WPF project using CMake, create a CMakeList.txt file as follows. Project Declaration project(Example VERSION 0.1.0 LANGUAGES CSharp) Include CMake CSharpUtilities if you are planning on using WPF or other designer properties. include(CSharpUtilities) Add all cs, … Read more

How do I force cmake to include “-pthread” option during compilation?

The Threads module in the latest versions (>= 3.1) of CMake generates the Threads::Threads imported target. Linking your target against Threads::Threads adds all the necessary compilation and linking flags. It can be done like this: set(CMAKE_THREAD_PREFER_PTHREAD TRUE) set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG TRUE) find_package(Threads REQUIRED) add_executable(test test.cpp) target_link_libraries(test Threads::Threads) Use of the imported target is highly recommended for new … Read more