[CMake] Using gmake with windows CL compiler?

Jesper Eskilson jesper at eskilson.se
Thu Nov 22 08:48:30 EST 2007


Bill Hoffman wrote:
> 
>>
>> You can also use the GNU make included here:
>> http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/
>> This is really just a (small) set of unix tools running natively under
>> Windows, using native Windows paths, etc. IMO this is the easiest way
>> to get GNU make for Windows.
>>
>> Don't use the GNU make for Windows at steve.org.uk, this is an old and
>> buggy version (although it is the first result on google).
>>
> I do this all the time, and use this make:
> http://www.cmake.org/files/cygwin/make.exe
> 
> Just replace the cygwin make with the above and it all works. It is
> actually CVS gnu make with a change that allows the path stuff to work.

Just to be complete, there is a nice make installer made available by
the GnuWin32 project: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net.

--
/Jesper






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