On 9/16/12, Michael Jackson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sep 15, 2012, at 1:32 PM, Andreas Pakulat wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Loaden <[email protected]> wrote: >>> http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_Useful_Variables >>> >>>> UNIX is TRUE on all UNIX-like OS's, including Apple OS X and CygWin >>>> WIN32 >>>> is TRUE on Windows, including CygWin APPLE is TRUE on Apple systems. >>>> Note >>>> this does not imply the system is Mac OS X, only that __APPLE__ is >>>> #defined >>>> in C/C++ header files. Obtain more specific system information via >>>> CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION, i.e. IF(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin"), >>>> then >>>> it's Mac OS X. >> >> I think that mostly refers to MacOS 9 and older which are also apple >> systems. So doing a if(UNIX && APPLE) should put you on the safe side >> since MacOS 9 and older are not unix systems. >> >> Andreas > > Does CMake even run on OS 9? I don't think so. IMO, I think what the CMake > devs mean is that one can cross-compile OS X apps on Linux. In this case the > __APPLE__ would be defined in the headers but the "host" system would be > Linux (or something else). > And "technically" if the system is Darwin it is NOT OS X. Darwin is the > Unix underpinnings of OS X and it is Open Source. I could run a Darwin > system and have it NOT be OS X.
Being able to distinguish between Mac OS X and iOS would be useful. Both technically fall under APPLE and Darwin. -Eric -- Beginning iPhone Games Development http://playcontrol.net/iphonegamebook/ -- 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
