On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 9:05 PM, Clément Gregoire <lec...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wouldn't it be possible to move it to a subfolder with the DLLs and put a > link next to cmake and ccmake? Executables look for DLLs in their directory > and it wouldn't pollute the PATH > Symlinks are available on NTFS filesystems from Vista onwards. If the user installed CMake on, say, a FAT filesystem instead or on an old XP box (CMake appears to still try to support that), then symlinks wouldn't be available from what I can make out. One could potentially use a forwarding script of some kind though to achieve essentially the same thing. I personally like to be able to launch it through the command line, it is > faster than looking for it and then browse for the folder. > > Le lun. 14 août 2017 à 11:48, Craig Scott <craig.sc...@crascit.com> a > écrit : > >> This is a common problem, not just with CMake. I'm wondering if there's >> any real need for cmake-gui to be on the PATH at all, since it will usually >> be invoked by a desktop or menu icon. At the moment though, it is in the >> same directory as the cmake and ccmake executables which have a much >> stronger case for being on the PATH. There's a reasonable argument that >> cmake-gui should be in a different directory, then it wouldn't be an issue >> if shared Qt libs were used rather than static. I'll bring this up on the >> developer mailing list and see what discussions yield. >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 6:22 PM, Christian Ehrlicher <ch.ehrlic...@gmx.de >> > wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I recently upgraded from cmake 3.3 to 3.9 on windows and got some >>> problems during my build because it looks like the pre-compile binaries for >>> windows are now shipping Qt5 - dlls instead static compile libs (since 3.5 >>> afaics). >>> The problem is, that I had the path to cmake *before* the path to my own >>> Qt5 libaries. So during the build / run of my application, the wrong >>> libraries were loaded and I got a symbol lookup error. >>> Would it be possible to use the static Qt5 libs instead or maybe prefix >>> the Qt5 libs shipped with cmake-gui somehow? >>> >>> Thx, >>> Christian >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Powered by www.kitware.com >>> >>> Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: >>> http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ >>> >>> Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more >>> information on each offering, please visit: >>> >>> CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html >>> CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html >>> CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html >>> >>> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/ >>> opensource/opensource.html >>> >>> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >>> http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Craig Scott >> Melbourne, Australia >> https://crascit.com >> -- >> >> Powered by www.kitware.com >> >> Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: >> http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ >> >> Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more >> information on each offering, please visit: >> >> CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html >> CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html >> CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html >> >> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/ >> opensource/opensource.html >> >> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >> http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake > > -- Craig Scott Melbourne, Australia https://crascit.com
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