[cmake-developers] cmake 3.7.0-rc3 regression
Rolf Eike Beer
eike at sf-mail.de
Tue Nov 8 14:04:24 EST 2016
Am Dienstag, 8. November 2016, 18:59:34 schrieb Robert Goulet:
> Hi,
>
> After trying to upgrade to CMake 3.7.0-rc3, we've found the following
> regression:
>
> Previously, we were able to put multiple platform CMake executables in the
> same root by just renaming the "bin" folder, so that they don't overlap
> each other, as such:
>
> cmake/win/cmake.exe
> cmake/mac/cmake
> cmake/linux/cmake
> cmake/share/...
> cmake/doc/...
>
> However in 3.7.0-rc3 this is broken, no longer works if the CMake binary
> folder isn't named specifically "bin". CMake will fail to start, reporting
> "CMake Error: Could not find CMAKE_ROOT !!!".
>
> Traced it back to this commit:
>
> Commit: 18bfbc972fd3daf3e973f80072c4de09ec7e852b
>
> Add option to control 'bin' directory of CMake's own installation
> (#16076)
>
> Add a `CMAKE_BIN_DIR` cache entry to CMake's own build configuration.
> Add a `--bindir` option to the `bootstrap` script to set it.
>
> If this wasn't intentional, can we get a fix before 3.7.0 is released?
If you read the commit message you should be able to fix your problem: just
build the different CMake instances with different --bindir switches.
Eike
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