deps: allow building the deps using cmake - #14870
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The author of the fork used AI. This is boiler plate and is massive improvement to compiling pcsx2. |
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Description of Changes
Adds the possibility of dependency compilation into cmake, making pcsx2 far more portable and easy to compile off the bat.
Adds a new option "BUILD_DEPENDENCIES" which by default is OFF. When ON, another option is also available BUILD_DEPENDENCIES_AS_SHARED_LIBS which controls whether they are built shared or static.
When BUILD_DEPENDENCIES is ON, the deps are built by cmake.
Does not have any affect presently as the default is off.
Note I only use Linux, so other platforms are untested. I have also bumped up cmake to VERSION 3.5 which gets around the minimum version error.
Rationale behind Changes
Compiling for different systems with different dependencies was a challenge.
Suggested Testing Steps
Did you use AI to help find, test, or implement this issue or feature?
It was based on a fork of pcsx2, called pcee2, that uses AI. I however, have given it the human touch and also made sure it works on linux in both shared and static mode.