Looking at the sources, it seems that you also need to set GMX_DEFAULT_SUFFIX to FALSE in order for this to work.
Michael On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Chandan Choudhury <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Micheal, Yngve Decker and Eric > > Thank for remarks. > > Micheal you are right that I want to append a suffix to every executable > being installed. > I already have an earlier version of gromacs installed, the suffix would > help me to distinguish the between the two. > > While looking out for the string "SUFFIX" in the CMakeCache.txt, I > encountered a phrase as > > //Suffix for GROMACS binaries (default: _d for double, _mpi for > // MPI, _mpi_d for MPI and double). > GMX_BINARY_SUFFIX:STRING= > > What I can understand is if I use the following command it might serve the > purpose. > > CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/soft/sudip/abc/apps/fftw-3.3.3 > *GMX_BINARY_SUFFIX=_472*CC=icc cmake .. > -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/soft/sudip/abc/apps/gromacs/461 > -DCMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX=_461 && make -j 12 && make install > > Chandan > > > > -- > Chandan kumar Choudhury > NCL, Pune > INDIA > > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Yngve Inntjore Levinsen < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On 11/03/13 09:24, Eric Noulard wrote: >> > I think Chandan meant "globally" for all executables. >> > >> > That's the purpose of CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX >> > as already pointed out by Michael. >> > >> > see : cmake --help-variable "CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX" >> > >> > Now it doesn't seems to work for Chandan. >> > >> > I guess the variable is forcibly written by "CMakeGenericSystem.cmake" >> > during early CMake startup. >> > So that you cannot overwrite its value on the command line. >> > try to add "variable_watch(CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)" at the very top >> > of main CMakeLists.txt >> > >> > You may try to do that from within the CMakeLists.txt after the >> > "project(...)" statement (or enable_language) >> >> Hi, >> >> Yes I tried to set the same variable on my machine but does not work >> here neither (Linux). Perhaps this only works for platforms where this >> variable is traditionally non-empty? >> >> As also Michael pointed out, this would not really be a solution for >> non-developers of a software for sure (and I now see Chandan said it was >> a question regarding usage). >> >> Cheers, >> Yngve >> -- >> >> 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 >> > > > -- > > 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 >
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