[cmake-developers] The "Ninja" generator errors out for any project that enables Fortran

[Alan W. Irwin]

On 2013-06-13 21:24-0400 Bill Hoffman wrote:

> On 6/13/2013 7:35 PM, Alan W. Irwin wrote:
>> 
>> If anyone here is game to do a quick fix for the "Ninja" generator so
>> that is supports Fortran, I would be happy to help out by testing the
>> fix using the build_projects project on the Linux and Wine platforms
>> that are accessible to me.
> There is no quick fix.  The fortran depend issue is not easily solved which 
> is why it is not yet implemented.  It will take several weeks of development 
> and some possible changes to ninja to accomplish this task.  Sadly, I have 
> not found a funding source or developer willing to support this effort.

Hi Bill:

Fair enough, and thanks for this clear response.

Alan

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