[CMake] adding program suffix

[Yngve Inntjore Levinsen]

Hi,

I don't think the CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX will have any more effect for
you this time, and if it did you would probably get

binary_472_461 in this particular case.

Otherwise yes, I believe using GMX_BINARY_SUFFIX should do the trick
(had a quick look at the source).

Generally for cmake projects you can check which options are available
using either the graphical interface, or using ccmake after you have
configured:

cmake ../
ccmake .

Cheers,
Yngve

On 11/03/13 10:49, Chandan Choudhury wrote:
> Dear Micheal, Yngve Decker and Eric
>
> Thank for remarks.
>
> Micheal you are right that I want to append a suffix to every
> executable being installed.
> I already have an earlier version of gromacs installed, the suffix
> would help me to distinguish the between the two.
>
> While looking out for the string "SUFFIX" in the CMakeCache.txt, I
> encountered a phrase as
>
> //Suffix for GROMACS binaries (default: _d for double, _mpi for
> // MPI, _mpi_d for MPI and double).
> GMX_BINARY_SUFFIX:STRING=
>
> What I can understand is if I use the following command it might serve
> the purpose.
>
> CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/soft/sudip/abc/apps/fftw-3.3.3
> *GMX_BINARY_SUFFIX=_472* CC=icc cmake ..
> -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/soft/sudip/abc/apps/gromacs/461
> -DCMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX=_461 && make -j 12 && make install
>
> Chandan
>
>
>
> --
> Chandan kumar Choudhury
> NCL, Pune
> INDIA
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Yngve Inntjore Levinsen
> <yngve.levinsen at gmail.com <mailto:yngve.levinsen at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     On 11/03/13 09:24, Eric Noulard wrote:
>     > I think Chandan meant "globally" for all executables.
>     >
>     > That's the purpose of CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX
>     > as already pointed  out by Michael.
>     >
>     > see : cmake --help-variable "CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX"
>     >
>     > Now it doesn't seems to work for Chandan.
>     >
>     > I guess the variable is forcibly written by
>     "CMakeGenericSystem.cmake"
>     > during early CMake startup.
>     > So that you cannot overwrite its value on the command line.
>     > try to add "variable_watch(CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)" at the very top
>     > of main CMakeLists.txt
>     >
>     > You may try to do that from within the CMakeLists.txt after the
>     > "project(...)" statement (or enable_language)
>
>     Hi,
>
>     Yes I tried to set the same variable on my machine but does not work
>     here neither (Linux). Perhaps this only works for platforms where this
>     variable is traditionally non-empty?
>
>     As also Michael pointed out, this would not really be a solution for
>     non-developers of a software for sure (and I now see Chandan said
>     it was
>     a question regarding usage).
>
>     Cheers,
>     Yngve
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