[CMake] How to create a 64-bit Windows build of cmake?

[David Cole]

On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 8:34 PM, John R. Cary <cary at txcorp.com> wrote:
> I believe I have followed what I have found on the web for
> building a Win64 version of CMake.  I have downloaded the
> win32 version and used it to configure the cmake source.
> I used the Visual Studio 9 2008 Win64 generator.
>
> However, when I then use that cmake to configure vtk (an
> old version, 5.0.0) I get the much discussed error,
>
> -- Loading VTK CMake commands
> CMake Error at CMake/vtkLoadCMakeExtensions.cmake:7 (LOAD_COMMAND):
>  load_command Attempt to load the library
>  C:/winsame/cary/builds-vs9/composerall/vtk-5.0.0i/ser/CMake/cmVTK_WRAP_TCL2.dll
>  failed.  Additional error info is:
>
>  The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration
>  is incorrect.  Please see the application event log or use the command-line
>  sxstrace.exe tool for more detail.
>
> Call Stack (most recent call first):
>  CMake/vtkLoadCMakeExtensions.cmake:27 (VTK_LOAD_SINGLE_CMAKE_EXTENSION)
>  CMakeLists.txt:632 (VTK_LOAD_CMAKE_EXTENSIONS)
>
>
> CMake Error at CMake/vtkLoadCMakeExtensions.cmake:11 (MESSAGE):
>  Loading VTK command VTK_WRAP_TCL2 - failed
> Call Stack (most recent call first):
>  CMake/vtkLoadCMakeExtensions.cmake:27 (VTK_LOAD_SINGLE_CMAKE_EXTENSION)
>  CMakeLists.txt:632 (VTK_LOAD_CMAKE_EXTENSIONS)
>
> Using sxstrace shows
>
> INFO: Parsing Manifest File
> C:\winsame\cary\builds-vs9\composerall\vtk-5.0.0i\ser\CMake\cmVTK_WRAP_TCL2.dll.
>    INFO: Manifest Definition Identity is (null).
>    INFO: Reference:
> Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT,processorArchitecture="amd64",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.21022.8"
> INFO: Resolving reference
> Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT,processorArchitecture="amd64",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.21022.8".
>    INFO: Resolving reference for ProcessorArchitecture amd64.
>
> which seems to indicate that even though I built cmake with the VS9-Win64
> generator, cmake somehow created the dll as win32?  Even though cmake
> says,
>
> -- Check for working C compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual
> Studio
> 9.0/VC/bin/amd64/cl.exe
>
>
> showing that it found the 64-bit compiler?
>
> Any hints on what to do next?
>
> Thx...John Cary
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This is a problem with VTK 5.0, not a problem with CMake...

Since VTK 5.0, the "loaded custom CMake commands" have been eliminated
from VTK for just this reason. Can you use VTK 5.2, 5.4 or 6.5
instead...? (I'm not 100% sure exactly when that problem was fixed,
but a more recent VTK should fix this issue.)