From e6aa4b7d0e3026f3186738b1e8b50286988ba38f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chun-wei Fan Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:28:42 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] BUILD.md: Mention that installing CMake is recommended for MSVC We are using CMake to help us find dependencies in Meson builds on Visual Studio, so let people know that it's recommended. --- BUILD.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/BUILD.md b/BUILD.md index f64f8687d..47681ec86 100644 --- a/BUILD.md +++ b/BUILD.md @@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ meson like above. On Windows, meson can build the project like above if a working MSVC's cl.exe (`vcvarsall.bat`) or gcc/clang is already on your path, and if you use something like `meson build --wrap-mode=default` -it fetches and compiles most of the dependencies also. +it fetches and compiles most of the dependencies also. It is recommended to install CMake either +manually or via the Visual Studio installer when building with MSVC when building with meson. Our CI configurations is also a good source of learning how to build HarfBuzz.