microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools

Add "software collections" to kit scanning on Linux

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Feature: kits
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Description

RedHat and CentOS systems use "software collections" to make new compilers available:

https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/scls/rhscl/devtoolset-8/

These compilers live in predictable locations, and cmake-tools kit scanning should check these locations for kit choices, perhaps even labelled "devtoolset-8", etc.

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Research direction

The issue names cmake-tools kit scanning but no source files or tests. Start by locating the Linux kit-scanning entry point and existing compiler discovery logic; done means predictable Red Hat and CentOS software-collection compiler locations are scanned and the resulting kits can be labeled with names such as devtoolset-8.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cmake, cpp, linux, typescript
Domain
build-system, operating-systems, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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