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0004539CMakeModulespublic2007-03-06 14:212016-06-10 14:30
ReporterGalmes Pierre-André 
Assigned ToEric Wing 
PrioritylowSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
StatusclosedResolutionmoved 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0004539: linking issue with FindSDL.cmake and mingw / msys
DescriptionThe short version:

When compiling a project with cmake, the generated linking line has not all the flags needed. It lacks -lmingw32 -lSDLmain -lSDL -lmwindows.

check also this mail:
http://www.mail-archive.com/cmake@cmake.org/msg05054.html [^]

The long version:

Hello,

I've been playing for some days with cmake, and I have to say that I quite love the way it works. But while trying to compile a sourceforge project under Windows using MSYS, I run into a problem.

I do not know if the problem is related to the CMakeLists.txt that I did not wrote correctly or to an issue into the FindSDL.cmake. That's why I write here.

What I did:

- I wrote the CMakeLists.txt under Linux. There, everything compiled like a charm. I added the code of my CMakeLists.txt at the end of the mail

- Under Windows, I then generated the make files for MSYS and tried to compile it using msys and mingw:


$ make
Scanning dependencies of target bloodybeard
[ 25%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/bloodybeard.dir/main.obj
[ 50%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/bloodybeard.dir/qGameEngine.obj
[ 75%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/bloodybeard.dir/moc_qGameEngine.obj
Linking CXX executable bloodybeard.exe
CMakeFiles/bloodybeard.dir/qGameEngine.obj(.text+0x1d7):qGameEngine.cpp: undefined reference to `SDL_Init'
CMakeFiles/bloodybeard.dir/qGameEngine.obj(.text+0x1eb):qGameEngine.cpp : undefined reference to `SDL_WM_SetCaption'
...

So, the SDL lib is not correctly linked under Windows/MSYS.

I then checked the "build.make" file generated. It does not includes all the needed link flags needed for SDL under mingw ( -lmingw32 -lSDLmain -lSDL -lmwindows).

Why aren't those flags added? It looks like the SDL_LIBRARY variable is empty, but why ?

I would need some help to investigate further.

- In the FindSDL.cmake, there is a specific part related to MINGW:

# MinGW needs an additional library, mwindows
# It's total link flags should look like -lmingw32 -lSDLmain -lSDL -lmwindows
# (Actually on second look, I think it only needs one of the m* libraries.)
IF(MINGW)
  SET(MINGW32_LIBRARY mingw32 CACHE STRING "mwindows for MinGW")
ENDIF(MINGW)

So, why doesn't this work ? Is there a specific MSYS flag to add?


I have a few workarounds in order to compile my project, but would
like to help.


Regards,
Pierre-André Galmes


I - Links:

The project is at the following adress:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bloodybeard [^]

You can access to the svn source if you want to.


II - CMakeLists.txt :

check the web page:
http://www.mail-archive.com/cmake@cmake.org/msg05054.html [^]
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Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2008-10-08 09:16Bill HoffmanAssigned ToBill Hoffman => Eric Wing
2011-01-18 12:06David ColeNote Added: 0024879
2016-06-10 14:27Kitware RobotNote Added: 0041345
2016-06-10 14:27Kitware RobotStatusassigned => resolved
2016-06-10 14:27Kitware RobotResolutionopen => moved
2016-06-10 14:30Kitware RobotStatusresolved => closed

Notes
(0024879)
David Cole   
2011-01-18 12:06   
Is this still an issue with CMake 2.8.3 or CMake 2.8.4-rc1?

Please let us know -- thanks.
(0041345)
Kitware Robot   
2016-06-10 14:27   
Resolving issue as `moved`.

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