The problem is the time required to upstream such work. Unfortunately I do not have that time.
On Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 12:15 AM Alan W. Irwin <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2019-06-24 07:39-0600 Christopher Webster wrote: > > > Thank you Benjamin, that [install and use mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake in the > mingw64 shell] fixed it. > > I was happy to hear that Benjamin solved this first issue for you. > > Just to follow up on what he said, I confirm the good PLplot results > for the MSYS2 platform that I referred to in my previous post also > used the "mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake" native package rather than the > non-native (linked to msys2.dll) "cmake" package. > > You (and others reading this thread) should consult the patches at > <https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages/tree/master/mingw-w64-cmake> > to see the various ways that the "mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake" package > differs from vanilla cmake for Windows from Kitware. I agree with > another poster's comments that if indeed some or all of those fixes > are really necessary for the MSYS2 platform that ideally they should > be adopted by the upstream CMake developers. So I hope those > developers are (i) reading this thread and (ii) willing to follow up > by looking at those patches. > > Alan > __________________________ > Alan W. Irwin > > Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state > implementation for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); the Time > Ephemerides project (timeephem.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 > __________________________ > -- > > 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. For more > information on each offering, please visit: > > CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html > CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html > CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > https://cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake >
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