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

[David Cole]

On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 7:00 AM, David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com> wrote:
> 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.)
>

make that "5.2, 5.4 or **5.6**"...