On 2007-05-28 16:53+0100 Trevor Kellaway wrote:
Alan,
I thought this was changed some time ago...
YOu are right, we'll have a look why it works this way.
See bug 4896
(http://www.cmake.org/Bug/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4896) for a
simple example of the issue of different behaviour for -D
options depending on whether the type is specified or not.
Personally, I think the solution is to assign a default type
if none is specified with the -D command. ON or OFF gets
BOOL everything else is STRING.
Thanks. I dimly remembered you posted something on this.
Also, you posted an issue with "IF ()" as well, I've recently discovered
that "IF ()" tests for boolean macro arguments don't seem to work, if
you assign it to another variable within the macro then it does work.
Have you come across this? If not I'll raise a bug report.
I cannot remember that issue. Also, I checked my bug reports, and I cannot
find anything relevant.
Are you sure it is an issue? Usual advice; post the simplest possible
example so it is easy for anybody to replicate.
BTW, I had had only one user express dissatisfaction with the new PLplot
CMake-based build system. His complete focus was the lack of cross-compile
support with CMake as compared to autotools. Thus, I suspect he may have
just been repeating an anti-CMake rant rather than being serious about
wanting to cross-compile PLplot. Nevertheless, I am really happy you and
Alex are working so hard on the CMake cross-compile issues which is
apparently one of the few weakness of CMake compared to autotools. (The
only other one I can think of at this time is Fortran.)
Alan
__________________________
Alan W. Irwin
Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca).
Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state implementation
for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software
package (plplot.org); the libLASi project (unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of
Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project
(lbproject.sf.net).
__________________________
Linux-powered Science
__________________________
_______________________________________________
CMake mailing list
CMake@cmake.org
http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
