[CMake] Compaq Visual Fortran

[Arjen Markus]

Hi Brad,

On 2010-02-02 13:38, Brad King wrote:
> Arjen Markus wrote:
>> Hi Brad,
>>
>> I just tested the patch - Compaq Visual Fortran is recognised,
>> but not accepted - and added the Windows-f90.cmake file from the
>> PLplot project to CMake's Modules\Platform directory. Now the
>> compiler is accepted as well.
> 
> The "Windows-f90.cmake" name is the old naming convention that depended
> on the compiler executable name.  The new convention is
> 
>   <os>-<id>-<lang>.cmake
> 
> where <os>=Windows, <id>=Compaq, <lang>=Fortran in this case.
> 
> I've committed the rest of the changes needed to recognize Compaq:
> 
>   Recognize the Compaq Fortran compiler
>   /cvsroot/CMake/CMake/Modules/CMakeDetermineFortranCompiler.cmake,v  <--  Modules/CMakeDetermineFortranCompiler.cmake
>   new revision: 1.29; previous revision: 1.28
> 
> Rename Windows-f90.cmake to Windows-Compaq-Fortran.cmake and put it
> in your project under CMAKE_MODULE_PATH (under a Platform/ directory).
> This should enable support in your project without needing any patches
> to the current CMake in CVS HEAD.

I will test that.

> 
> Windows-f90.cmake in its current form is not ready for inclusion in
> upstream CMake as Windows-Compaq-Fortran.cmake.  It sets several
> variable that are not related specifically to Fortran.  We need to
> refactor it a bit.  Please submit a feature request in the issue
> tracker and include the module for further discussion.

Will do that.

> 
>> Note: I just saw there is already a Windows-df.cmake file in the
>> repository, but I guess "df.exe" is not used as the name for a
>> possible compiler.
> 
> That's a patch from you in 2006:
> 
>   http://www.cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=3950
> 

:) I thought it was (actually based on work by somebody else).

Regards,

Arjen