refs #60

Added externals.pri looking for the external headers/libraries in 3 steps:
1. Manually set absolut path. Currently commented. Uncomment for local
use.
2. Enviromental variable "VATSIM_EXTERNAL_DIR"
3. default path client/externals.

.gitignore

@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ DebugFast/
 ReleaseDebugStatic/
 DebugFastStatic/
 build/
+Makefile
+
+# Externals folder
+externals/
 
 # .log files (usually created by QtTest - thanks to VestniK)
 *.log

.qmake.conf

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+TOPSRCDIR=$$PWD

client.pro

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ TEMPLATE = subdirs
 
 CONFIG += ordered
 
+include (externals.pri)
+
 WITH_BLACKMISC = ON
 WITH_BLACKCORE = ON
 WITH_BLACKD = ON
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ WITH_SAMPLES = ON
 
 equals(WITH_BLACKMISC, ON) {
     SUBDIRS += src/blackmisc
-    SUBDIRS += src/blackmisc_cpp2xml
+    #SUBDIRS += src/blackmisc_cpp2xml
 }
 
 equals(WITH_BLACKCORE, ON) {

externals.pri

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# externals.pri
+# Sets up the include and library directories for external dependencies
+
+# If you want to manually set the external path, uncomment the following line
+# EXTERNALDIR = /path/to/externals
+
+# Test if enviromental variable for externals is set
+
+isEmpty(EXTERNALDIR) {
+    EXTERNALDIR = $$(VATSIM_EXTERNAL_DIR)
+    message($$EXTERNALDIR)
+
+}
+
+# if no env variable is set, we use the standard path in the client folder.
+isEmpty(EXTERNALDIR) {
+    EXTERNALDIR = $$TOPSRCDIR/externals
+    message($$EXTERNALDIR)
+}
+
+# Test the folder if it exists and has a include subfolder
+!exists("$$EXTERNALDIR/include") {
+    error("Could not find externals in $$EXTERNALDIR. Please install it!")
+}
+
+# Everything is fine. Add the include path
+message("Found externals: $$EXTERNALDIR")
+INCLUDEPATH *= $$EXTERNALDIR/include
+
+# and the library path depending on the used compiler
+
+win32:contains(QMAKE_TARGET.arch, x86_64) {
+    LIBS *= -L$$EXTERNALDIR/vs2010_64/lib
+}
+win32:contains(QMAKE_TARGET.arch, x86) {
+    LIBS *= -L$$EXTERNALDIR/vs2010_32/lib
+}
+
+win32-g++ {
+    message("Can't figure out if MinGW version is 32 bit or 64.")
+    message("Defaulting to 64 bit. If this is not correct, change the path manually!")
+    LIBS *= -L$$EXTERNALDIR/mingw64/lib
+}
+
+linux-g++-32 {
+    LIBS *= -L$$EXTERNALDIR/linux32/lib
+}
+
+linux-g++-64 {
+    LIBS *= -L$$EXTERNALDIR/linux64/lib
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+
+

samples/cli_client/sample_cli_client.pro

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+include (../../externals.pri)
+
 QT       += core dbus
 QT       -= gui
 
@@ -14,14 +16,12 @@ SOURCES += *.cpp
 HEADERS += *.h
 
 LIBS    += -L../../lib -lblackcore -lblackmisc
-LIBS	+= -L../../../vatlib -lvatlib
+LIBS	+= -lvatlib
 
 win32:!win32-g++*: PRE_TARGETDEPS += ../../lib/blackmisc.lib \
                                      ../../lib/blackcore.lib \
-                                     ../../../vatlib/vatlib.lib
 else:              PRE_TARGETDEPS += ../../lib/libblackmisc.a \
                                      ../../lib/libblackcore.a \
-                                     ../../../vatlib/libvatlib.a
                                      #TODO standardize dependency locations
 
 DESTDIR = ../../bin