[CMake] Boost external project doesn't build with VS2010 generator

[David Cole]

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Ben Medina <ben.medina at gmail.com> wrote:
> David,
>
> Yes, adding "call" to the front of the command works. Thanks! Would be
> great to get that fixed for 2.8.7, as I spent a good portion of
> yesterday racking my brain about this.
>
> I also discovered that, if using a variable to build the
> CONFIGURE_COMMAND, that variable should be a list, rather than a
> space-separated string. Would be nice to document that, too.

How / where should that be documented? Where would you have looked for
that information?

That's how all the *_COMMAND args for ExternalProject are...

I think it would be better expressed through example/sample code that
uses variables, but I'm not sure where the best place to put the
documentation is.


David


>
> Thanks,
> Ben
>
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 6:51 PM, David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com> wrote:
>> Try changing the configure command to "call bootstrap.bat" instead.
>> I suspect this is related to the symptoms reported in these bugs:
>>   http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=12445
>>   http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=12461
>>
>> Related to using "bat" or "cmd" files as custom commands. We need to get
>> those fixed for 2.8.7 in the VS 2010 generator.
>> Let me know if adding "call " to the front of the command works in this
>> case.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> David
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 5:30 PM, Ben Medina <ben.medina at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I'm trying to build Boost as an external project, but it won't build
>>> if I use the VS2010 generator. I've whittled the code down to the
>>> following CMakeLists.txt:
>>>
>>> cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
>>> project (boost-external)
>>>
>>> set (Boost_Source "E:/boost_1_47_0")
>>>
>>> include(ExternalProject)
>>> ExternalProject_Add(
>>>    Boost
>>>    SOURCE_DIR "${Boost_Source}"
>>>    UPDATE_COMMAND ""
>>>    BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
>>>    CONFIGURE_COMMAND bootstrap.bat
>>>    BUILD_COMMAND b2 install
>>>    INSTALL_COMMAND ""
>>>    )
>>>
>>> When I build the project, the configure step happens, but the build
>>> step is skipped:
>>>
>>> Microsoft (R) Visual Studio Version 10.0.40219.1.
>>> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. All rights reserved.
>>> 2>------ Build started: Project: Boost, Configuration: Debug x64 ------
>>> 2>  Performing configure step for 'Boost'
>>> 2>  Building Boost.Build engine
>>> 2>
>>> 2>  Bootstrapping is done. To build, run:
>>> 2>
>>> 2>      .\b2
>>> 2>
>>> 2>  To adjust configuration, edit 'project-config.jam'.
>>> 2>  Further information:
>>> 2>
>>> 2>      - Command line help:
>>> 2>      .\b2 --help
>>> 2>
>>> 2>      - Getting started guide:
>>> 2>      http://boost.org/more/getting_started/windows.html
>>> 2>
>>> 2>      - Boost.Build documentation:
>>> 2>      http://www.boost.org/boost-build2/doc/html/index.html
>>> 3>------ Build started: Project: ALL_BUILD, Configuration: Debug x64
>>> ------
>>> 3>  Build all projects
>>> ========== Build: 3 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped
>>> ==========
>>>
>>> When I use the VS2008 generator, the project builds as expected:
>>>
>>> Microsoft (R) Visual Studio Version 9.0.30729.1.
>>> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. All rights reserved.
>>> 1>------ Build started: Project: Boost, Configuration: Debug x64 ------
>>> 1>Creating directories for 'Boost'
>>> 1>No download step for 'Boost'
>>> 1>No patch step for 'Boost'
>>> 1>No update step for 'Boost'
>>> 1>Performing configure step for 'Boost'
>>> 1>Building Boost.Build engine
>>> ...
>>> 1>Generating Code...
>>> 1>Bootstrapping is done. To build, run:
>>> 1>    .\b2
>>> 1>
>>> 1>To adjust configuration, edit 'project-config.jam'.
>>> 1>Further information:
>>> 1>    - Command line help:
>>> 1>    .\b2 --help
>>> 1>
>>> 1>    - Getting started guide:
>>> 1>    http://boost.org/more/getting_started/windows.html
>>> 1>
>>> 1>    - Boost.Build documentation:
>>> 1>    http://www.boost.org/boost-build2/doc/html/index.html
>>> 1>Performing build step for 'Boost'
>>> 1>has_icu_test.cpp
>>> 1>Performing configuration checks
>>> ...
>>>
>>> And it goes on to build from there.
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm using CMake 2.8.6. Is there some way I can work around this, or
>>> should I file a bug?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ben
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