[CMake] Symlinks not created on OS X

Jerry lanceboyle at qwest.net
Tue Nov 1 18:51:09 EDT 2011


On Nov 1, 2011, at 6:56 AM, Sean McBride wrote:

> On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:27:38 -0700, Jerry said:
> 
>> The OS X .dmg installer, cmake-2.8.6-Darwin64-universal.dmg, at http://
>> www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html, failed to install symlinks
>> in /usr/bin as promised. I received six messages, I think from the Cmake
>> app, of this nature:
>> 
>> Failed create symlink installation may be incomplete: x
>> 
>> where x was ccmake, cmake, cmake-gui, cmakexbuild, cpack, and ctest. I
>> made the symlinks manually and things seem to work OK.
> 
> Perhaps you're seeing this:
> <http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=10056>

Yes, that fits my situation as well.
> 
> see also:
> <http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=11693>

I don't believe my situation is related to this naming question. FWIW, my vote goes to the Mac tradition--no version names on .apps.

Thanks for your help, and for Cmake!
> 
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