[CMake] Properly Detecting Win64
j s
j.s4403 at gmail.com
Tue Apr 12 15:27:29 EDT 2011
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 2:13 PM, James Bigler <jamesbigler at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Michael Jackson <
> mike.jackson at bluequartz.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jan 17, 2011, at 1:23 PM, Eric Noulard wrote:
>>
>> > 2011/1/17 Michael Jackson <mike.jackson at bluequartz.net>:
>> >> I have the following code:
>> >>
>> >> if ( "${CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P}" EQUAL "8" )
>> >> set(CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}-Win64")
>> >> elseif( "${CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P}" EQUAL "4" )
>> >> set(CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}-Win32")
>> >> else()
>> >> set(CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}-Unknown")
>> >> endif()
>> >>
>> >> I properly generate VS 2008 Win64 projects. Everything builds fine.
>> When I build the "PACKAGE" project I get a zip file with "-Unknown" in the
>> name. This will usually configure OK the first time or so, ie, I get a Zip
>> file name with "-Win64" but after a few more configs this seems to revert
>> back to "Unknown". Searching the "CMakeCache.txt" file for
>> "CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P" comes up empty. Is this some sort of temporary
>> variable?
>> >
>> > Shouldn't be "temporary" just "not in cache".
>> >
>> >> Do I need to store it in my own cache variable somewhere?
>> >
>> > I don't think you should.
>> > Looks like a bug to me, how come CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P
>> > would it be defined "sometimes" but not **always**...
>> >
>> > need to dive into the source of this definition, may be it is not always
>> > defined because it is "indirectly" defined in the chain of CMake
>> processing due
>> > to CMake cache.
>> >
>> > By the way shouldn't you use
>> >
>> > if (CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8)
>> >
>> > instead of
>> >
>> > if ( "${CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P}" EQUAL "8" )
>> >
>> > from the doc I think EQUAL is for values whereas STREQUAL is for string.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Erk
>> > Membre de l'April - « promouvoir et défendre le logiciel libre » -
>> > http://www.april.org
>>
>> It seems like if I start with a clean build directory then
>> CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P will be the proper value for the environment I am
>> running in. But then after a while (many runs of CMake) the value seems to
>> get "lost" or otherwise is NOT in the cache any longer. Kind of odd really.
>>
>> You are probably right about the improper use of the "if" command. I never
>> really know which one to use and when something does not work when I _think_
>> it really *should* work then I start trying all sorts of stuff.
>>
>> Maybe someone else has some ideas as to why CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P might not
>> be defined.
>> ___________________________________________________________
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>>
>>
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>
> I've also seen this, and I would appreciate if anyone else who experiences
> this could chime in, so that we might be able to start profiling situations
> where this comes up. I don't remember how I fixed the problem last time,
> though.
>
> James
>
>
Maybe you can base the package name by testing the generator name. As for
the pointer size, I use:
IF (${CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P} MATCHES 4)
Regards,
Juan
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