[cmake-developers] Cross compile tests on open.cdash.org

[Bill Hoffman]

On 8/29/2014 9:47 AM, Bach, Pascal wrote:
> Hi Everybody
>
> I'm interested in cross compilation, and am already using it extensively for Linux and Embedded Linux.
> But now I ran into some problems cross compiling for Windows Compact Embedded 2013 using Visual Studio.
> After some discussion on IRC, Nils Gladitz pointed out that there are no cross compilation tests on the public CDash (http://open.cdash.org/index.php?project=CMake).
>
> It might be worth to start a discussion on that topic and maybe find a way to improve that.
>
> One question is if there is already somebody working in this direction or maybe even already has a running cross compilation test using CMake?
> What would be necessary to extend the current test for a cross compilation scenario?
>
> With best regards,
> Pascal Bach
>

Hi,

This is a good idea.   There has been some recent work on the windows 
phone support: Tests/VSWinStorePhone/.   However, I would think what you 
would want would be a more comprehensive test of CMake.  Most of the 
tests run executables that are built.  We would either have to not do 
that, or run them on a simulator or have an actual device that the tests 
are pushed to for running.  The other option would be to create one or 
more specific cross compile tests.

It would require someone to setup dashboard clients as well: 
http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/testing.html.   Would you be able 
to run clients like that?

-Bill