alternate configuration step with cmake rather than ./configure

[Jeremy Lavergne]

>> I'm attempting to make a portfile for an application that uses cmake
>> for its configuration step, as opposed to the standard ./configure.
>> I'm running into a confusing error with regards to my alternate
>> configure{} though.  My configure stage is this:
>>
>> configure {
>>   exec cmake ${worksrcpath} \
>>   -DWITH_CFITSIO=OFF \
>>   -DWITH_FLI=OFF \
>>   -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${destroot}${prefix} \
>>   -DNOVA_INCLUDE_DIR=${prefix}/include \
>>   -DNOVA_LIBRARIES=${prefix}/lib/libnova.a
>> }
>>
>> (adding the ${worksrcpath} behind cmake shouldn't be necessary, but  
>> it
>> delays failure from the configure to the build stage)
>>
>> For whatever reason, my alternate configuration step appears to be
>> running in the directory:
>>
>> /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/ 
>> devel/openssl
>> (?!?)
>
> You can set configure.dir explicitly or try an alternative solution  
> like the one I adopted in the gis/qgis port.

You might also consider the cmake PortGroup.

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