[CMake] FindHDF5.cmake and the "hl" versions of hdf5 libs

Wed Sep 1 10:06:01 EDT 2010

This probably isn't the best solution but until CMake fixes the bug  
and includes the updated FindHDF5.cmake file in the next or future  
release this is what you have to do:

Copy the FindHDF5.cmake file from the current CMake distribution that  
you are using and place it somewhere in your project folder, say $ 
{PROJECT_ROOT}/Resources/CMake/Modules.

Then in your CMakeLists.txt file use the following line somewhere  
BEFORE you start looking for your libraries:

set (CMAKE_MODULES_DIR ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/Resources/CMake/Modules $ 
{CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})

Now, edit the FindHDF5.cmake file (the one that you copied into your  
project) to remove the offending lines/fix the bug. The above line  
will effectively substitute your corrected version for the one that  
ships with cmake. When CMake has a release where the bug is fixed then  
you can remove this workaround.

If your fix is general enough attach the corrected file to the bug  
report.

Cheers.
___________________________________________________________
Mike Jackson                      www.bluequartz.net

On Sep 1, 2010, at 9:56 AM, James C. Sutherland wrote:

> FYI, I just replicated this on Mac OSX 10.6.4 with HDF5 1.8.2 and  
> CMake 2.8.1.  If I do not have the "hl" libs installed things break  
> with the same message on the configure step.
> James
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 7:51 AM, James C. Sutherland <James.Sutherland at utah.edu 
> > wrote:
> OS: Linux
> CMake: 2.8.0
> HDF5: 1.6.3 (yep - that old.  I will pester the sysadmins for an  
> update, but that won't likely solve the problem since the directory  
> structure didn't really change in the move to 1.8.x as far as I can  
> tell)
>
> I filed a bug report: #0011195	
>
> Let me know if you need any other information in diagnosing the  
> problem.
>
> James
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 7:30 AM, Michael Jackson <mike.jackson at bluequartz.net 
> > wrote:
> So there is probably a bug in the FindHDF5.cmake file plain and  
> simple. Can you file a bug report with CMake?
>
> What version of HDF5 are you using? What version of CMake are you  
> using? What platform are you running on
> ___________________________________________________________
> Mike Jackson                      www.bluequartz.net
> Principal Software Engineer       mike.jackson at bluequartz.net
> BlueQuartz Software               Dayton, Ohio
>
>
> On Sep 1, 2010, at 9:17 AM, James C. Sutherland wrote:
>
> I was aware of the CMake build for the newer HDF5 releases.
>
> However, I need this to work for users who are not able/willing to  
> build their own hdf5 libraries from source.
> Also, it is certainly not a very good option to ask a user to move  
> to a CMake build system and then tell them to hack on a  
> FindHDF5.cmake file just to get a proper link line.  Autotools users  
> scoff at that and tell me that "CMake is too opaque to be usable."
>
> There should be a way of getting this to work...?
>
> James
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 6:27 AM, Biddiscombe, John A.  
> <biddisco at cscs.ch> wrote:
> The latest 1.8.5.x release branch of svn is CMake friendly and you  
> shouldn’t have this trouble is you’re willing to recompile/install it
>
>
> Something along these lines will work for an installation on win32  
> into /program file/HDF5
>
>
>  FIND_PACKAGE(HDF5 "1.8.5" REQUIRED NO_MODULE PATHS  
> "$ENV{ProgramFiles}/HDF5")
>
>
> [To fix the problem on the systems without re-installing, just  
> remove references to hdf5_hl from the FindHDF5 stuff in your cmake  
> installation module]
>
>
> JB
>
>
> From: cmake-bounces at cmake.org [mailto:cmake-bounces at cmake.org] On  
> Behalf Of James C. Sutherland
> Sent: 01 September 2010 00:45
> To: cmake
> Subject: [CMake] FindHDF5.cmake and the "hl" versions of hdf5 libs
>
>
> I typically have full HDF5 installations on my systems but am now  
> going to a system where the "hl" versions of the hdf5 libraries are  
> not installed.
>
> Although I don't need these, it appears that CMake is unwilling to  
> let me proceed without them.  I get the following error:
>
> CMake Error: The following variables are used in this project, but  
> they are set to NOTFOUND.
> Please set them or make sure they are set and tested correctly in  
> the CMake files:
> HDF5_hdf5_hl_LIBRARY_DEBUG (ADVANCED)
>    linked by target "tabprops" in directory /uufs/chpc.utah.edu/ 
> common/home/u0033394/TabProps/tabprops
> HDF5_hdf5_hl_LIBRARY_RELEASE (ADVANCED)
>    linked by target "tabprops" in directory /uufs/chpc.utah.edu/ 
> common/home/u0033394/TabProps/tabprops
>
>
> By the way, the installed libraries are found:
>
> -- Found HDF5: debug;HDF5_hdf5_hl_LIBRARY_DEBUG-NOTFOUND;/uufs/ 
> chpc.utah.edu/sys/pkg/hdf5/5-1.6.3-amdopteron/lib/libhdf5.a;/uufs/ 
> chpc.utah.edu/sys/pkg/hdf5/5-1.6.3-amdopteron/lib/ 
> libhdf5_cpp.a;optimized;HDF5_hdf5_hl_LIBRARY_RELEASE-NOTFOUND;/uufs/ 
> chpc.utah.edu/sys/pkg/hdf5/5-1.6.3-amdopteron/lib/libhdf5.a;/uufs/ 
> chpc.utah.edu/sys/pkg/hdf5/5-1.6.3-amdopteron/lib/libhdf5_cpp.a
>
>
> My CMakeLists.txt file has the following:
>
> set( HDF5_USE_STATIC_LIBRARIES 1 )
> find_package( HDF5 COMPONENTS C CXX )
>
>
> Any idea of how to get fix this problem?
>
> James
>
>
>
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