That is an understatement. I can't think of a build system that has spawned more attempts to find something better than CMake has.

There have been so many people trying to make their own C/C++ build system and/or package manager out of sheer spite for CMake that it's frankly hard to keep track.

In fairness to them and to CMake, it's not a simple problem to solve. To truly know CMake is to wish you didn't, that way someone else would have to maintain it.