From 7b78396b3f79621de5ac29e86c4eb10c07e77dec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Schumacher Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2022 15:32:26 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] [docs] Revert FetchContent section (#27311) * [docs] Mark FetchContent as experimental * [docs] Revert 'FetchContent' section It is not a supported, designed, or tested method and has several significant shortcomings. --- README.md | 23 ----------------------- 1 file changed, 23 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index fcc255e658..b29fe52d2f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ you can run `vcpkg help`, or `vcpkg help [command]` for command-specific help. - [Vcpkg with Visual Studio CMake Projects](#vcpkg-with-visual-studio-cmake-projects) - [Vcpkg with CLion](#vcpkg-with-clion) - [Vcpkg as a Submodule](#vcpkg-as-a-submodule) - - [Vcpkg via FetchContent](#vcpkg-via-FetchContent) - [Tab-Completion/Auto-Completion](#tab-completionauto-completion) - [Examples](#examples) - [Contributing](#contributing) @@ -263,28 +262,6 @@ This will still allow people to not use vcpkg, by passing the `CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE` directly, but it will make the configure-build step slightly easier. -### Vcpkg via FetchContent - -You can also grab vcpkg with CMake's built-in [FetchContent](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.24/module/FetchContent.html) module. - -Don't worry about the bootstrap scripts, since `vcpkg.cmake` will run them for you! - -``` -cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14) - -include(FetchContent) -FetchContent_Declare(vcpkg - GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/ - GIT_TAG 2022.09.27 -) -FetchContent_MakeAvailable(vcpkg) - -# NOTE: This must be defined before the first project call -set(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE "${vcpkg_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake" CACHE FILEPATH "") - -project(FOOBAR LANGUAGES "CXX") -``` - [getting-started:using-a-package]: docs/examples/installing-and-using-packages.md [getting-started:integration]: docs/users/buildsystems/integration.md [getting-started:git]: https://git-scm.com/downloads