[CMake] Questin about ExternalProject_Add

Hi everyone, i'm trying to create a build system that download all needed libraries with ExternalProject_Add. i've the following lines in my CMakeLists.txt: option(WITH_LIB_GLFW "Support for the GLFW library. (default: 1)" 1) option(WITH_LIB_NLOHMANN_JSON "Support for the nlohmann JSON

[CMake] Question about regular expressions

Hi everyone, i had the same question a few days ago but can't rember the command (and can't find it in the cods): I have a regular expression like "WITH_LIB${lib}_EXAMPLE_([A-Za-z]+)" and i want the get the content of the found variables in the (), the command i used stored them if MATCH_XYZ

[CMake] General question:

Hi everyone again, i've the following code: https://paste.debian.net/1086040/ and i just try to traverse a list and include files whose part of the name are the list entries. best regards! -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at:

[CMake] General question

    Hi everyone, i have the following code: set(ALL_LIBS "glad;glfw") # WITH_LIB_GLAD option(WITH_LIB_GLAD 1) option(WITH_LIB_GLAD_EXAMPLE_BASIC "Build the basic Glad example (default:0)" 1) option(WITH_LIB_GLAD_EXAMPLE_SECOND "Build the second Glad example (default:0)" 1) # WITH_LIB_GLFW

[CMake] General question about regex

Hello again, i've the following variable defined: set(WITH_LIB_GLAD_EXAMPLE_BASIC 1) And the if the line foreach(_var VARIABLES)     if(_var MATCHES "WITH_LIB_GLAD_EXAMPLE_([A-Za-z]+)")         message(STATUS "Found a match") endforeach() I never get the message "Found match", what am

Re: [CMake] General question:

I want the output not to be 'in' but 'glade' ... On 04.06.19 17:10, Steven Truppe wrote: Hi everyone again, i've the following code: https://paste.debian.net/1086040/ and i just try to traverse a list and include files whose part of the name are the list entries. best regards

Re: [CMake] General question about regex

for this ? On 04.06.19 18:47, Kornel Benko wrote: Am Dienstag, 4. Juni 2019, 18:10:19 CEST schrieb Steven Truppe: Hello again, i've the following variable defined: set(WITH_LIB_GLAD_EXAMPLE_BASIC 1) And the if the line foreach(_var VARIABLES) if(_var MATCHES "WITH_LIB_GLAD_EXAMP

[CMake] General question about variable scope.

Hi everyone, i've the following code: macro(bsBuildLibExamples lib) # get all examples get_cmake_property(_vars VARIABLES) foreach(_var ${_vars}) string(TOUPPER ${lib} lib_upper) set(WITH_LIB_${lib_upper}_EXAMPLES "") if(_var MATCHES

Re: [CMake] General question about regex

Thanks alot. My other problem i have no how can i loop over the result, there are just variables and ${CMAKE_CATCH_COUNT) what command can i use the iterate over the result ?? best regrads! On 04.06.19 19:22, Kyle Edwards wrote: On Tue, 2019-06-04 at 19:19 +0200, Steven Truppe wrote: I found

Re: [CMake] Troubles with small CMakeLists.txt

I've made the code more readable and easy to understand so you don't have to read through all the code: https://wandbox.org/permlink/qp7ScGBeMOtolfxb On 05.06.19 00:47, Steven Truppe wrote: Hi everyone, i finaly have solved the issues i had and now have the working code on: https://wandbox.org

[CMake] Troubles with small CMakeLists.txt

Hi everyone, i finaly have solved the issues i had and now have the working code on: https://wandbox.org/permlink/ujEH8F91SVzMyt1D The problem is that the i only get the last result as output, he create the variables and stores them (i tested with cmake_print_variables) but at the end the

Re: [CMake] Troubles with small CMakeLists.txt

the macro seems to make all the variables show up. Regards, Stephan -Original Message- From: CMake On Behalf Of Steven Truppe Sent: Tuesday, June 4, 2019 3:56 PM To: cmake@cmake.org Subject: Re: [CMake] Troubles with small CMakeLists.txt I've made the code more readable and easy to underst

[CMake] Question about looping inside a macro.

Hi everyone, like you know i'm relative new the cmake and i'm working my way through the book and the documentation but there is something that i don't understand in the docs. I just want to write a macro that uses as first argument a list and then iterates over it. The docs show the example:

Re: [CMake] Question about IF and STRINGS

The problem is the line: if(${_var} MATCHES "^WITH_LIB_([AZaz]+)$") cmake_print_variables(CMAKE_MATCH_0) doesn't print me any output ... On 31.05.19 18:53, Steven Truppe wrote: Hi everyone, i try to create a build system where you can decide which libraries you want to use with

Re: [CMake] Question about IF and STRINGS

Found the problem, my regex was wrong [AZaz] should be [A-Za-z] ... On 31.05.19 19:07, Steven Truppe wrote: The problem is the line: if(${_var} MATCHES "^WITH_LIB_([AZaz]+)$") cmake_print_variables(CMAKE_MATCH_0) doesn't print me any output ... On 31.05.19 18:53, Steven Truppe w

[CMake] Question about IF and STRINGS

Hi everyone, i try to create a build system where you can decide which libraries you want to use with variables like "WITH_LIB_GLFW" for example. every lib variable has other variables like WITH_LIB_GLFW_INC_PATH, WITH_LIB_GLFW_LIB_PATH, etc. so i can decide with cmake what libraries i'm going

[CMake] Troubles with macros and STREQUAL

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14 FATAL_ERROR) include(CMakePrintHelpers) set(BSEDIT_INC_PATH "/usr/local/include") set(BSEDIT_LIB_PATH "/usr/incude/lib") set(WITH_LIB_GLAD "Support the GLAD library" 1) set(LIB_GLAD_INC_PATH "/usr/include/glad") set(LIB_GLAD_LIB_PATH "/usr/lib/glad")

[CMake] Question about Variables

Hi everyone, i'm relative new to cmake (a few weeks now) and i have the following problem: set(WITH_LIB_GLAD 1) IF(DEFINED ${WITH_LIB_GLAD}_INC_PATH) I try to check if the variable WITH_LIB_GLAD_INC_PATH can be found. best regards! -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages

[CMake] Troubles with ExternalProject_Add.

Hi everyone, I've troubles with ExternalProject_Add: when i do build the library  manualy (clone the repo and build it with mkdir build;cd build; cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:String=Release -DGLAD_INSTALL=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/home/stuv/glad_examples) it does work and i've the installation at

Re: [CMake] Troubles with ExternalProject_Add.

Found the error, thank you anyway  -  you guys are allways a good way to get help about cmake, i'm starting to understand cmake slowly but it's getting easier and easier, cmake is a great build system. best regards! On 08.06.19 14:47, Steven Truppe wrote: Hi everyone, I've troubles

Re: [CMake] A bit harder question:

I made a few misakes On 06.06.19 16:54, Steven Truppe wrote: It's also odd that i have to include(ExternalProject) to use the command but i'm on cmake version 3.14 ... On 06.06.19 16:51, Steven Truppe wrote

[CMake] A bit harder question:

#- # This is the start

Re: [CMake] A bit harder question:

It's also odd that i have to include(ExternalProject) to use the command but i'm on cmake version 3.14 ... On 06.06.19 16:51, Steven Truppe wrote

[CMake] Strange properties issue

Hi again, i solved most of the problems, i have a single issue left: i have two files, in one file i do: set(WITH_LIB_GLAD_EXAMPLE_CBASIC_OUTPUT_NAME_RELEASE "demo") and in the next file i include i have: set_target_properties(LIB_GLAD_EXAMPLE_CBASIC PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME_RELEASE

Re: [CMake] Strange properties issue

On 06.06.19 19:37, Steven Truppe wrote: Hi again, i solved most of the problems, i have a single issue left: i have two files, in one file i do: set(WITH_LIB_GLAD_EXAMPLE_CBASIC_OUTPUT_NAME_RELEASE "demo") and in the next file i include i have: set_target_properties(LIB_GLAD_EXAM

Re: [CMake] Strange properties issue

I missed the property - it's DEBUG_OUTPUT_NAME and RELEASE_OUTPUT_NAME, sry.. On 06.06.19 19:51, Steven Truppe wrote: On 06.06.19 19:37, Steven Truppe wrote: Hi again, i solved most of the problems, i have a single issue left: i have two files, in one file i do: set

[CMake] Question about INSTALL and cpack

Hi everyone, i'm relative new the cmake and i'm asking myself if i need the install command for ExternalProject_Add() since these commands also "install" the libraries needed at runtime. Or do i need the install command only for targets that i want to compile ? best regards! -- Powered by

[CMake] Question about properties.

Hi again, i'm reading up on properties and i see how to use set_properties and get_properties but i don't know how i can find out which properties exists for each entry (GLOBAL, DIRECTORY, TARGET, SOURCE, ...). How can i retrieve a property if i don't have a list with all available properties

[CMake] Question about running C code from within cmake

Hi everyone, i'm trying to search for a way for win32 to get the cpu core count. i found the c code: |SYSTEM_INFO sysinfo;GetSystemInfo();intnumCPU =sysinfo.dwNumberOfProcessors; Is there a way i can get the return value numCPU and create a variable out of it ? for apple and linux i allready

Re: [CMake] Question about a simple macro.

ow studying the hole chapter again, hopefully i understand it then. I hope you guys can help me. best regards! On 09.06.19 08:26, Steven Truppe wrote: ARGV1 gives me the first list entry of my first arguments, but i don't know how i can access the hole list. best regards! On 09.06.19 07:20,

[CMake] Question about a simple macro.

Hi everyone, i'm a c,c++,asm and a few other languages, but i still have troubles with macros and their arguments. As a simple example i would like to have a macro that list(APPEND the two passed arguments), here the code i tried: https://wandbox.org/permlink/WQZGty9PQaOz3422. Let's forget

Re: [CMake] Question about a simple macro.

ARGV1 gives me the first list entry of my first arguments, but i don't know how i can access the hole list. best regards! On 09.06.19 07:20, Steven Truppe wrote: Do i need cmake_parse_arguments ?? On 09.06.19 07:01, Steven Truppe wrote: Hi everyone, i'm a c,c++,asm and a few other

Re: [CMake] Question about a simple macro.

Do i need cmake_parse_arguments ?? On 09.06.19 07:01, Steven Truppe wrote: Hi everyone, i'm a c,c++,asm and a few other languages, but i still have troubles with macros and their arguments. As a simple example i would like to have a macro that list(APPEND the two passed arguments), here

Re: [CMake] Question about a simple macro.

Problem solved - thanks anyway... On 09.06.19 09:11, Steven Truppe wrote: How on earth can i create a variables out of the string flags_to_add ??? On 09.06.19 08:41, Steven Truppe wrote: OK, i don't realy understand why it does work but i got it working: include(CMakePrintHelpers) macro

Re: [CMake] Question about a simple macro.

How on earth can i create a variables out of the string flags_to_add ??? On 09.06.19 08:41, Steven Truppe wrote: OK, i don't realy understand why it does work but i got it working: include(CMakePrintHelpers) macro(bsMergeFlags flags_to_add flags)     set(flags_to_add ${flags_to_add} ${ARGN

[CMake] Question about config_file.

Hi everyone, currently i'm trying to build my doxygen documentation from my CMakeLists.txt file. I found the following example that seems to be correct: ## ## bsBuildDoxygen() ## ## macro(bsBuildDocs) if(GENERATE_DOCS) # check if

[CMake] Question about getting git branch name.

Hi everyone, i want to have code lines like: #define BUILD_VERSION and the BUILD_VERSION should be the name of the actual branch the code was compiled with, this way i can create a branch for each version and name it like 0.1 so each version i'm using for release is an own branch. I found

[CMake] Problems with ExternalProject_Add

ST_URL}. I now play around with this for nearnly an hour and i allways get the same error. I hope someone here can help me out. best regards, Steven Truppe -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitwar

[CMake] Troubles with booost and ExternalLibraries_Add

Hi everyone, i'm trying to get the boost library working with cmake and externalproject_add: https://paste.debian.net/1082645/ best regards! -- 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

[CMake] Troubles compiling llvm

Hi everyone, i'm trying to compile llvm with ExternalProject_Add and get the following error: -- Installing: /usr/lib/ocaml/llvm/llvm.mli CMake Error at bindings/ocaml/llvm/cmake_install.cmake:49 (file):   file INSTALL cannot copy file

[CMake] Test example with list(FIND inside a macro.

-> glfw in in front of glad") endif() message(STATUS "YES glfw is before glad in the list ") I've never use list(FIND and i never knoe if i should pass a variable with %{VAR} or VAR only.. best regards, Steven Truppe -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-to

[CMake] Troubles with ExternalProject_Add and PATCH_COMMAND

st/project-config.jam Hunk #1 FAILED at 18. I have no idea what i'm doing wrong here, i hope someone here can help me out. best regards, Steven Truppe -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitw