[CMake] No Native 64-Bit CMake Binaries?

[Ryan Pavlik]

On 5/5/10 3:41 PM, Eskandar Ensafi wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I used to build my own CMake binaries under Linux and Windows, but I 
> got tired of having to install compatible versions of third-party 
> libraries such as Qt, so I've been downloading the prebuilt binaries 
> instead.  On the Linux side, I gave up on Red Hat/EPEL and RPMforge 
> distributions, as they are always very slow to upgrade to the latest 
> stable release.
>
> What strikes me as being very strange is that CMake binaries are only 
> provided as 32-bit executables for Windows and Linux, two of the most 
> popular platforms where CMake is ever-increasingly used on 64-bit 
> hardware.  Is there any good reason why 64-bit binaries are not 
> provided for all supported operating systems?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eskandar
>
>
At least on Windows,  you can use the 32-bit cmake binary to make 32 or 
64 bit projects.

Ryan

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Ryan Pavlik
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Iowa State University

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