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0010690CMakeCMakepublic2010-05-08 08:432016-06-10 14:31
Reporterrubenvb 
Assigned ToBill Hoffman 
PrioritynormalSeveritytrivialReproducibilityalways
StatusclosedResolutionmoved 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product VersionCMake-2-8 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0010690: "make" detection for mingw-w64/w32 toolchains
DescriptionThe mingw-w64/w32 project provides toolchains for win32 and win64. They do not, however, use the self-proclaimed standard "mingw32-make.exe", but instead use the standard name "gmake.exe" for their builds of GNU Make.

CMake should also look for "gmake" when "mingw32-make" isn't found. This ensures CMake works out of the box with the mingw-w64/w32 toolchains.

On second thought, CMake should be able to generate makefiles in absence of the make tool itself, it should instead check for the compilers themselves (gcc,g++,...).
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Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2010-05-08 08:43rubenvbNew Issue
2010-05-08 10:27rubenvbNote Added: 0020663
2010-05-08 13:15Bill HoffmanNote Added: 0020666
2010-05-08 18:02rubenvbNote Added: 0020668
2010-05-09 06:23rubenvbNote Added: 0020684
2010-05-09 21:28Bill HoffmanNote Added: 0020689
2010-05-09 21:28Bill HoffmanStatusnew => assigned
2010-05-09 21:28Bill HoffmanAssigned To => Bill Hoffman
2010-05-10 06:46rubenvbNote Added: 0020691
2010-05-13 18:02rubenvbNote Added: 0020735
2010-05-15 05:07rubenvbNote Added: 0020749
2016-06-10 14:27Kitware RobotNote Added: 0041692
2016-06-10 14:27Kitware RobotStatusassigned => resolved
2016-06-10 14:27Kitware RobotResolutionopen => moved
2016-06-10 14:31Kitware RobotStatusresolved => closed

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(0020663)
rubenvb   
2010-05-08 10:27   
Please close this, it is not correct. mingw-w64/w32's make should be named mingw32-make, not gmake, as we are producing win32 makefiles, not MSYS/UNIX ones. Apologies.
(0020666)
Bill Hoffman   
2010-05-08 13:15   
What will the 64 bit one be called? Will it be called mingw64-make?
(0020668)
rubenvb   
2010-05-08 18:02   
I kind of created a heated discussion on the forum/IRC. I'm voting for plain mingw32-make (for compatibility reasons of course), but I'll let you know via this bug report once I get a definite answer.
(0020684)
rubenvb   
2010-05-09 06:23   
Well, it seems a "make" utility isn't officially part of the project. There are several names in use all over the place:
equation.com: make.exe
mingw-w64: make.exe mingw32-make.exe gmake.exe

Would it be too much to ask for a check against these three instead of just mingw32-make? They are in principle exactly the same programs...
(0020689)
Bill Hoffman   
2010-05-09 21:28   
The trouble is if we find make.exe from cygwin it will certainly fail. The reason I look for mingw32-make is because I know it is the right one. I guess the find make is going to have to do a bit more work to make sure it gets the right one. Both gmake.exe and make.exe might not be the mingw versions... I would like to see what the standard installs actually are.
(0020691)
rubenvb   
2010-05-10 06:46   
I understand the problem, and agree that the cmd.exe make should be named mingw32-make, but mingw-w64 people tend to disagree for now and hey, who am I.

Drangon's distribution (I believe it's the same guy who brought us TDM's gcc, not sure though), uses mingw32-make. link: http://code.google.com/p/mingw-w64-dgn/ [^]

The standard mingw-w64 install does not include any make utility, that's (I think) the problem. You're not the only one relying on mingw32-make being present, Qt's configure.exe does it as well.
(0020735)
rubenvb   
2010-05-13 18:02   
A little ray of hope perhaps: when "make -v" is run, there should always be a line "Built for ***" where *** is:
i686-pc-msys --> MSYS make
i686-pw-mingw32 --> mingw32-make for mingw.org
i686-w64-mingw32 --> mingw32-make, but for mingw-w32/w64
x86_64-w64-mingw32 --> mingw32-make, but for mingw-w64/w32

Perhaps this is a shortcut to determine the abilities of the found make executable.
(0020749)
rubenvb   
2010-05-15 05:07   
PS: the personal builds by sezero (those I recommend to use to everyone) now provide GNU make as "gmake" and "mingw32-make". As far as I'm concerned, this can be closed.
(0041692)
Kitware Robot   
2016-06-10 14:27   
Resolving issue as `moved`.

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