How to configure so dependencies libraries are built with full feature packages?

[jasjuang]

For example, when I do vcpkg install pcl now, since vtk is one of the dependent library, vcpkg attempts to build vtk first. However, the problem is, I want vtk to be built with the full feature packages, but it's attempting to build vtk without the feature packages, which causes a lot of trouble. That means in the future I had to check the portfile for all dependent libraries in the future to see if there are feature packages. If yes, I had to built them separately first and the build the upstream library.

Is there a way to do it so the automation level would be like as it used to be when installing libraries from vcpkg?

[ras0219-msft]

The best way to get everything built in one go is to simply list everything you care to configure on a single installation line:

vcpkg install pcl[vtk,qt] vtk[mpi]

everything not listed will be installed with "minimum" features selected. I've also added [*] as "select all features", if that's useful.

Edit: The installation line should be

vcpkg install pcl[vtk,qt] vtk[mpi] --featurepackages

[jasjuang]

Thanks for the hint. It seems to me that the flag --featurepackages at the end is still required. Were you able to get it work without the flag?

vcpkg install pcl[vtk,qt] vtk[mpi] --featurepackages, if vcpkg install pcl[vtk,qt] vtk[mpi] just work that's even better.

Having a script that stores everything is a feasible temporary solution.

[ras0219-msft]

We definitely intend to remove --featurepackages in the near future; it's just since they are such a deep change internally we have been slow to turn them on by default :).

[autoantwort]

--featurepackages is not a thing anymore. I think this can be closed.