Agreed on all points. -- Mike Jackson <www.bluequartz.net> On Aug 10, 2012, at 2:52 PM, Bill Hoffman wrote:
> On 8/10/2012 2:30 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: >> I am going to be *very* pedantic here so you may slap me upside the > head. The compiler was never "just there" on OS X. It has *always* > required the installation of the developer tools. With 10.8 it would > seem that installing "Xcode" is not enough to get the command line tools > any more. The developer now needs to know to also install the "Command > Line Tools" in addition (or in leau of*) Xcode. >> > > We never printed a special warning when Xcode was not installed in the past? > Why now? > >> About the best CMake-Gui could do is detect you are on OS X 10.8 or > greater and ask the developer if they have in fact installed the command > line tools or used Xcode-select (or what ever it is) to select the > proper version of Xcode. Beyond that we are getting to the point that > Windows is at where one is expected to have a fully functioning Visual > Studio Command Prompt for CMake to generate Visual Studio Projects. A > pain yes, but a fact of life. >> > cmake-gui to date has no platform specific code in it... We could have the > check for compiler on the mac complain. I think we might do that with nmake > on windows... > >> >> * There is actually a separate download for the command line tools > that it looks like it could be installed without Xcode though I have not > actually tried this myself. > > Sure there is, and the word on the web for all other people wanting this > compiler is to do just that. A quick google search shows this: > > > http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/install_the_command_line_c_compilers_in_os_x_lion/ > > http://technopracticum.wordpress.com/2012/05/08/installing-a-command-line-c-compiler-for-mac-os-x-10-7-lion/ > > http://superuser.com/questions/400179/gcc-on-os-x-lion-with-xcode-4-3-1 > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10002981/g-wont-work-on-lion > > http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/48099/gcc-not-found-but-xcode-is-installed > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9329243/xcode-4-4-command-line-tools > > http://www.quora.com/Mac-OS-X-10-7-Lion/What-is-the-path-for-gcc-in-Mac-OS-X-Lion > > > Basically, where did gcc go? You need to install the command line tools... > Seems to be the question and answer spinning around the web. This was a HUGE > change by Apple to make the command line tools not install by default with > Xcode. That is my opinion and I stand by it.. :) > > > -Bill > > -- > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake -- Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake