Hello, Alan Irwin and me ran into a rather peculiar problem concerning the use of the GNU compiler suite on Windows. Here is the set-up: - Alan's free_eos project uses the LAPACK and BLAS libraries. - I tested his build system under Windows and to do that I first built BLAS and LAPACK from sources. - To my surprise the free_eos project's build system failed to find the libblas.a and liblapack.a files that I had generated. - I used the "MinGW Makefiles" generator in both cases.
Here is what I conclude from an analysis of what is going on: - With the "MinGW Makefiles" generator, the GNU compilers are recognised first - which is what I wanted. - I use the GNU compilers in an environment that does not state it is "MinGW" and so, find_library uses the Windows convention for naming libraries. So with in free_eos, CMake expects the files blas.lib and lapack.lib. - The CMake configuration for the GNU compilers - ignoring the specifics of Windows - always uses the Linux convention for library names. So it produces libblas.a and liblapack.a. I may be mistaken in the details, but this is definitely what it boils down to. Shouldn't the "MinGW Makefiles" generator take care of these two naming conventions? Regards, Arjen DISCLAIMER: This message is intended exclusively for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender immediately and destroy this message. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. The foundation 'Stichting Deltares', which has its seat at Delft, The Netherlands, Commercial Registration Number 41146461, is not liable in any way whatsoever for consequences and/or damages resulting from the improper, incomplete and untimely dispatch, receipt and/or content of this e-mail. _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake