[CMake] CMake 2.8.4-rc2 ready for testing!

[Bill Hoffman]

On 2/1/2011 1:30 AM, Dongsheng Song wrote:
> On 2011-2-1 5:45, David Cole wrote:
>> The CMake 2.8.4 release candidate stream continues! You can find the
>> source and binaries here: http://www.cmake.org/files/v2.8/?C=M;O=D
>>
>> Since we switched to git, and a new workflow, we're expecting to do
>> more frequent releases. Because of that, our release candidate phases
>> will be shorter than they have been historically. So, if you want to
>> test this out and ask for a fix, do it soon, or hold your peace till
>> the next release!
>>
>> Following is the list of changes in this release. Since we switched to
>> git, this list is now the 'git log' one line summary written by the
>> named CMake developers.
>>
>> Please try this version of CMake on your projects and report any
>> issues to the list or the bug tracker.
>>
>> Happy building!
>> -Dave
>
> When I use cmake 2.8.2 with Debian 6.0:
>
> $ cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Windows -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=i686-w64-mingw32-gcc
> -DCMAKE_RC_COMPILER=i686-w64-mingw32-windres
> -- The C compiler identification is GNU
> -- The CXX compiler identification is GNU
> -- Check for working C compiler: /home/oracle/gcc-4.6-windows_i686-linux/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-gcc
> -- Check for working C compiler: /home/oracle/gcc-4.6-windows_i686-linux/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -- works
> -- Detecting C compiler ABI info
> -- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
> -- Check for working CXX compiler: /home/oracle/gcc-4.6-windows_i686-linux/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-c++
> -- Check for working CXX compiler: /home/oracle/gcc-4.6-windows_i686-linux/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-c++ -- works
> -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
> -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
> -- Configuring done
> -- Generating done
> -- Build files have been written to: /home/oracle/vcs/git/freetds
>
> But cmake 2.8.4rc2 failed:
>
> $ export PATH=~/tmp/cmake-2.8.4-rc2-Linux-i686/bin:$PATH
> $ cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Windows -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=i686-w64-mingw32-gcc
> -DCMAKE_RC_COMPILER=i686-w64-mingw32-windres
> -- Configuring done
> You have changed variables that require your cache to be deleted.
> Configure will be re-run and you may have to reset some variables.
> The following variables have changed:
> CMAKE_RC_COMPILER= i686-w64-mingw32-windres
> CMAKE_C_COMPILER= i686-w64-mingw32-gcc


Did you run 2.8.4rc2 in a clean directory?  Or did you try to run it on 
top of the 2.8.2 build?

-Bill