Hi Michele, cmake -E server mode will always trigger something in cmake, so the help will report that. I think it is nicer to report "Server mode unavailable" when somebody attempts to run "cmake -E server" when that is not available than to produce a "Unknown command".
To check whether or not server mode is available you can run "cmake -E capabilities": That has a "serverMode" key with a boolean in its JSON output. Easy to parse:-) Gcc 4.8 should be new enough to enable it, there is only very light C++11 usage, but I admit that I am not sure about MSVC2010. Your build errors seem unrelated to server-mode. Best Regards, Tobias On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 1:18 AM, michele pagot <michele.pa...@hotmail.it> wrote: > I'm interested in the cmake server mode. I've started from > https://steveire.wordpress.com/2016/01/24/cmake-daemon-for-user-tools/ and > then to https://github.com/steveire/CMake.git and finally to the cmake > official git master branch as it seems e > > I rebuilt it from scratch on Windows trying both VS2010 and MinGW. With this > second one, using gcc4.8. Everything seems fine as the build works as > expected and > > the inline help report server mode with both compilers. > > >>> c:\......\cmake\cmake_master\build\buils_vs2010\bin\Debug\cmake.exe -E >> CMake Error: cmake version 3.6.20160928-g9a9b9 >> Usage: >> c:\.......\cmake\cmake_master\build\buils_vs2010\bin\Debug\cmake.exe -E >> <command> [arguments...] >> Available commands: >> capabilities - Report capabilities built into cmake in JSON >> format >> chdir dir cmd [args...] - run command in a given directory >> compare_files file1 file2 - check if file1 is same as file2 >> copy <file>... destination - copy files to destination (either file or >> directory) >> copy_directory <dir>... destination - copy content of <dir>... >> directories to 'destination' directory >> copy_if_different <file>... destination - copy files if it has changed >> echo [<string>...] - displays arguments as text >> echo_append [<string>...] - displays arguments as text but no new line >> env [--unset=NAME]... [NAME=VALUE]... COMMAND [ARG]... >> - run command in a modified environment >> environment - display the current environment >> make_directory <dir>... - create parent and <dir> directories >> md5sum <file>... - create MD5 checksum of files >> remove [-f] <file>... - remove the file(s), use -f to force it >> remove_directory dir - remove a directory and its contents >> rename oldname newname - rename a file or directory (on one volume) >> server - start cmake in server mode >> sleep <number>... - sleep for given number of seconds > > > but as I try to use it: > >>> cmake -E server >> CMake Error: CMake was not built with server mode enabled >> > First issue: server reported in the help even if not included > > > the new feature seems to be activated only if some special compiler > capability are fulfilled. So I've changed compiler to gcc5.3 and now I'm > even nor able to build due to errors like: > > > [ 2%] Building CXX object > Source/kwsys/CMakeFiles/cmsys.dir/RegularExpression.cxx.obj > > [ 2%] Building CXX object > Source/kwsys/CMakeFiles/cmsys.dir/SystemTools.cxx.obj > > c:/userdata/draft/cmake/cmake_master/cmake/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.cxx: In > member function 'bool cmsys::SystemToolsPathCaseCmp::operator()(const > string&, const string&) const': > > c:/userdata/draft/cmake/cmake_master/cmake/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.cxx:465:43: > error: 'strcasecmp' was not declared in this scope > > return strcasecmp(l.c_str(), r.c_str()) < 0; > > ^ > > c:/userdata/draft/cmake/cmake_master/cmake/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.cxx: In > static member function 'static bool cmsys::SystemTools::ComparePath(const > string&, const string&)': > > c:/userdata/draft/cmake/cmake_master/cmake/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.cxx:4289:43: > error: 'strcasecmp' was not declared in this scope > > return strcasecmp(c1.c_str(), c2.c_str()) == 0; > > ^ > > make[2]: *** [Source/kwsys/CMakeFiles/cmsys.dir/SystemTools.cxx.obj] Error 1 > > make[1]: *** [Source/kwsys/CMakeFiles/cmsys.dir/all] Error 2 > > make: *** [all] Error 2 > > > > Fixed by: > > #endif > > #include <stdio.h> > > #include <stdlib.h> > > #include <string> > > #include <strings.h> > > #include <sys/stat.h> > > > > > > > > > > > > c:/userdata/draft/cmake/cmake_master/cmake/Utilities/cmlibarchive/libarchive/archive_read.c:825:1: > error: conflicting types for 'archive_read_data' > archive_read_data(struct archive *_a, void *buff, size_t s) > ^ > In file included from > c:/userdata/draft/cmake/cmake_master/cmake/Utilities/cmlibarchive/libarchive/archive_read.c:51:0: > c:/userdata/draft/cmake/cmake_master/cmake/Utilities/cmlibarchive/libarchive/archive.h:581:24: > note: previous declaration of 'archive_read_data' was here > __LA_DECL la_ssize_t archive_read_data(struct archive *, > ^ > make[2]: *** > [Utilities/cmlibarchive/libarchive/CMakeFiles/cmlibarchive.dir/archive_read.c.obj] > Error 1 > make[1]: *** > [Utilities/cmlibarchive/libarchive/CMakeFiles/cmlibarchive.dir/all] Error 2 > make: *** [all] Error 2 > > > > -- > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. 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