[CMake] CMake 2.8.4-rc1 ready for testing!

[David Cole]

Small hiccup with the Win32 .exe installer:
It suggests "\CMake 2.8" as the default installation directory.

Do not take its advice. That is a bad idea. :-)

When I fixed http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=9148 ... I
forgot that adding CPack variables frequently requires CMake's own
CPack variables to be updated because of the way we build releases
(not bootstrapped, but on Windows only). Rather than picking up the
new default value for the new variable, new variables are simply blank
because we use the previous version of CMake for the configure step,
which uses its own copy of CPack.cmake for the configure step.

Needless to say, I spent the day fixing this, and just pushed this
commit to 'next':
http://cmake.org/gitweb?p=cmake.git;a=commitdiff;h=96cd16380af5f2633cf6283481eb414c626436d3

Expect the fix for that in "-rc2".

If you find any *other* problems with rc1, please do reply here or add
a bug to the bug tracker.

We are especially looking for regressions in behavior, as we would
like to maintain backwards compatibility as much as possible. Let us
know if you see anything weird...


Cheers,
David


On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 9:15 AM, David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com> wrote:
> I am happy to announce that CMake 2.8.4 has entered the release
> candidate stage! You can find the source and binaries here:
> http://www.cmake.org/files/v2.8/?C=M;O=D
>
> Following is the list of changes in this release. Please try this version
> of CMake on your projects and report any issues to the list or the
> bug tracker.
>
> Happy building!
>
> -Dave
>
>
> Changes in CMake 2.8.4-rc1 (since 2.8.3)
> ----------------------------------------
> Alex Neundorf (32):
>       Add support for nasm assembler, patch by Peter Collingbourne (see #10069)
>       Improve misleading comments.
>       Add missing copyright headers
>       We already have 2010, fix copyright year.
>       Make FindBISON work properly with non-C locales (#11326)
>       Add support for yasm, a nasm compatible assembler
>       Use CMAKE_ASM_NASM_FLAGS for nasm instead of FLAGS
>       Remove trailing whitespace and minor formatting changes for the dot-code
>       Move the code for collecting targets and libraries into separate functions
>       Properly insert all targets, also those which don't link to anything.
>       Generate separate dot files for each target, and a big one with
> everything.
>       Move the code for generating dot-files into separate class
> cmGraphVizWriter
>       Fix #11421: FindQt3.cmake doesn't honor the REQUIRED keyword
>       Remove trailing whitespace
>       Don't enforce VERBOSE makefiles for the CodeBlocks generator
>       Remove the "early alpha stage" comments about Eclipse and C::B
>       Don't disable colors in the CodeBlocks generator and minor cleanup.
>       Some more fixes for nasm support, from Etienne (#10069)
>       Enable/disable generating graphs depending on the target type
>       Use std::cout instead of fprintf
>       Collect targets and libs on demand instead of in the ctor
>       Exclude targets from the graphviz file based on a regex
>       Include CMakeDetermineCompilerId in
> CMakeDetermineASMCompiler.cmake (#11467)
>       Fix typos in the doc
>       Add cache var CMAKE_ECLIPSE_MAKE_ARGUMENTS when using the
> Eclipse generator
>       Add ECLIPSE_CDT4_GENERATE_SOURCE_PROJECT as a ADVANCED cache
> variable (#9631)
>       Fix crash in Eclipse generator with empty project (#11616)
>       Fix indentation in cmPolicies::ApplyPolicyVersion()
>       Remove trailing whitespace
>       Prefer files from CMAKE_ROOT when including from CMAKE_ROOT
>       Improve documentation and messages for the new CMP0017
>       Remove usage of CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR now that we have CMP0017
>
> Alexey Ozeritsky (5):
>       FindBLAS works in C/C++ projects without Fortran
>       ACML find fixes (issue 0011219)
>       find ACML fixes
>       fix for Fortran-only projects
>       FindLAPACK works with C/C++ only projects (issue 0009976)
>
> Andrius Štikonas (1):
>       Modules: Fix spelling 'becase' -> 'because'.
>
> Ben Boeckel (25):
>       Fix parsing of cache variables without a type
>       Use cmCacheManager to load entries from the cache
>       Support manual cache entries
>       Condense parsing of cache entries
>       Use FPHSA in FindOpenGL
>       Ignore strerror_r since CMake isn't threaded
>       Use _POLL_EMUL_H_ instead of HAVE_POLL_FINE
>       Rename WorkingDirectory test
>       Add WORKING_DIRECTORY argument to add_test
>       Add tests for WORKING_DIRECTORY arg to add_test
>       Rename the project to match the test
>       Fix header includes for C++ and Visual Studio
>       Add ctype.h include for toupper()
>       Flip slashes around on Windows
>       Use --><-- markers to denote the path
>       Simplify the _default_cwd derivation
>       Only test the default cwd with Makefiles
>       Group adding tests with its properties
>       Fully specify the path to old-signature add_test
>       Use iostream to make Borland happy
>       Check for poll when looking for _POLL_EMUL_H_
>       Toss out strerror_r macros
>       Fix missed _POLL_EMUL_H_ and HAVE_POLL combo
>       Make TestsWorkingDirectory test a C file
>       Pass the expected value as the first argument
>
> Bill Hoffman (17):
>       Fixes for the OSF operating system build.
>       Add a fix for the inline keyword on the osf os.
>       Add a "Contract" test for VTK.  The test downloads and builds VTK.
>       Fix contract test so it is not hard coded to the vtk542 test.
>       Fix incremental linking for VS2010 with nmake or make.
>       Change cpack run and verify script to work with multi-config generators.
>       Fix vs2010 project generation error when HEADER_FILE_ONLY is set.
>       Add more documentation for LANGUAGE property.
>       Add flags to resource builds on vs 2010 with a test.
>       Disable incremental testing for this test, it crashes vs9 linker.
>       Only run resource test for MSVC compilers.
>       Add support for windows resources with mingw/msys.
>       Add support for windres to cygwin.
>       Add testing for windows resources for mingw/msys/cygwin and
> remove for watcom.
>       Enable resource building with the intel compiler on windows.
>       Add support for source files in custom targets for VS 10 (Bug#11330).
>       Change the nightly tests to build from the nightly branch and not next.
>
> Brad King (90):
>       Store direct dependencies in solutions for VS >= 8
>       BUG: Fix compiler flag test for non-English MSVC (#11336)
>       Document custom command behavior without DEPENDS (#11407)
>       Consolidate duplicate link rule make dependency code
>       Define LINK_DEPENDS target property (#11406)
>       KWSys: Teach SystemInformation about WinXP Pro and Win7
>       Fix Intel .vfproj SubSystem attribute values
>       Set Intel .vfproj RuntimeLibrary attribute
>       Create Fortran info variables for .mod behavior
>       Teach CMake about Cray C, C++, and Fortran compilers
>       Speedup find_* commands (#11412)
>       Prefer non-empty prefixes when matching lib names (#11468)
>       Record edge type in global dependency graph
>       Use modern global dependency graph for VS < 8 deps
>       Allow add_dependencies() on imported targets (#10395)
>       Pass Mac linker flag through PGI compiler using "-Wl,"
>       Modernize FindITK module (#11494)
>       Fix find_* argument parsing crash (#11513)
>       Skip VS <= 7.1 dependency analysis for VS >= 8
>       Enable 64-bit tools with VS 2010 Express (#9981, #10722)
>       KWSys: Associate installed library with an EXPORT
>       Fix try_compile RemoveFile anti-virus loop (#11503)
>       Fix Fortran .mod timestamps with Cray compiler
>       Make Fortran $obj.provides.build targets not .PHONY
>       Honor custom command dependencies on imported targets (#10395)
>       Improve signature of cmLocalGenerator::GetRealDependency
>       Skip file-level dependencies on custom targets (#11332)
>       Simplify VS generator ConstructScript interface
>       Factor out common custom command generator
>       Remove cmLocalGenerator::GetRealLocation
>       KWSys: Remove realpath from SystemTools::GetPath (#10335)
>       Fix parallel "make install" of CMake itself
>       CTest: Fix ctest_sleep documentation (#11554)
>       Fix soname in cross-compiled targets with Mac host (#11547)
>       Detect object files in implicit link information
>       Allow Fortran platform files to set empty values
>       Recognize the NAG Fortran compiler
>       Add NAG Fortran compiler information files
>       FortranCInterface: Recognize NAG Fortran module symbols
>       Remove unused variable "rootdir" in VS generators
>       Avoid msbuild idiosyncrasy that builds multiple configs (#11594)
>       Remove unused parameter "root" in some VS generator methods
>       Fix dependency tracing of INSTALL and PACKAGE (#11598)
>       Remove unused GLOBAL_TARGET generation code
>       KWSys: Use EXPORT name only if installing library
>       Write full version into try_compile CMakeLists
>       KWSys: Do not mangle UNC paths in ConvertToUnixOutputPath (#10206)
>       Normalize add_custom_command OUTPUT names (#10485)
>       Make link rule depend on ".def" file (#11014)
>       Document target_link_libraries target scope (#11058)
>       Record backtrace in cmCustomCommand
>       Factor generator expression docs out of add_test
>       Factor per-config sample targets out of 'Testing' test
>       Optionally suppress errors in cmGeneratorExpression
>       Record set of targets used in cmGeneratorExpression
>       Introduce "generator expression" syntax to custom commands (#11209)
>       CTest: Fix test DEPEND cycle detection
>       Make Intel defines consistent with MSVC on Windows (#9904)
>       CTest: Fix line-too-long style in DEPEND cycle error
>       Detect Fortran target architecture on Windows
>       Modernize Intel compiler info on Windows
>       Remove unused old-style g++ info file
>       CheckCCompilerFlag: Strict signature of 'main' (#11615)
>       Warn in find(GLOB) docs about bad use case (#11617)
>       Remove call to SystemTools::GetMaximumFilePathLength
>       Xcode: Generate native 3.2 projects
>       Declare min CMake version in --system-information project
>       Cygwin: Fix tests to check CYGWIN instead of WIN32
>       Cygwin: Do not define 'WIN32' (#10122)
>       Revert "Remove unused parameter "root" in some VS generator methods"
>       Revert "Avoid msbuild idiosyncrasy that builds multiple configs" (#11633)
>       Avoid msbuild ".\" idiosyncrasy that builds multiple configs (#11594)
>       Mark CustomCommand test perconfig.out as SYMBOLIC
>       CTest: Factor out duplicate Git author/committer code
>       KWSys: Avoid buffer overflow in SystemInformation (#11018)
>       Fix sentence break in add_test documentation
>       Pass Mac linker flag through all compilers with -Wl,
>       KWSys: Avoid passing string literal as char*
>       Avoid passing string literal to char* type
>       Fix constness in compiler id detection
>       Build enable_language command during bootstrap
>       Map multiple /FI flags for VS < 10 (#11649)
>       KWSys: Remove useless include <sys/procfs.h> (#11648)
>       Allow users to specify defaults for unset policies
>       ccmake: Use LSB 4.0 curses API conditionally
>       CTest: Do not truncate UTF-8 test output too early (#10656)
>       ccmake: Use LSB 4.0 getmaxyx conditionally
>       Allow platform files to set large archive rules (#11674)
>       Document reading LOCATION early as undefined (#11671)
>       Document reading LOCATION_<CONFIG> early as undefined (#11671)
>
> Brian Bassett (1):
>       VS: Fix linking of Fortran-only DLL projects (#10803)
>
> Campbell Barton (1):
>       Honor RULE_MESSAGES property for build target messages
>
> Chuck Atkins (1):
>       CTest: Teach launcher to ignore empty/no-op make commands
>
> Clinton Stimpson (11):
>       Fix regex for moc includes when looking for frameworks.
>       cmake-gui: use BundleUtilities in place of custom script.
>       Fix regression in 2dae2f1 which added find of Qt imports dir.
>       Force cmake to run again when qrc dependency scanning needs to happen.
>       Fix regression to allow specifying a CMakeCache.txt file on the
> command line.
>       BundleUtilities: only do rpath strip on copied prerequisites.
>       Fix build issues cross compiling with static Qt.
>       CTest: multiple ctest_test calls w/LABEL regexs (#11487)
>       cmake-gui: always enable generate button.
>       allow absolute paths for dbus interface.
>       Add support for using static/dynamic Qt plugins.
>
> Craig Scott (1):
>       ccmake: Port for LSB 4.0 (#11648)
>
> Dave Abrahams (1):
>       FindPerlLibs: Fix for Mac locally applied patches
>
> David Cole (31):
>       Add a contract test for building the CSE.
>       Enable overriding contract test timeout values.
>       Update tag in the Contracts/cse-snapshot test.
>       Make HTML test fail when --nonet arg is not available.
>       Begin post-2.8.3 development
>       No CMake.HTML test if xmllint has no --nonet.
>       Suppress "loop was vectorized" "warnings."
>       Add contract test for Trilinos 10.6.1 snapshot.
>       Honor FOLDER on include_external_msproject targets (#11436)
>       Correct misspelling in error message text.
>       BundleUtilities: error if fixup_bundle_item called on non-embedded item
>       VS10: stop build on custom command error (#11533)
>       CPack: look for makensis in the PATH (#8210)
>       VS10: avoid warning, no nologo when verbose (#10587)
>       Use m prefix in shorttag value to indicate "md5 of tarball"
>       Establish pass criteria for the Trilinos contract test.
>       Suppress erroneous warnings from Intel compiler
>       Avoid running CMake.Install test simultaneously with other tests
>       VS10: Finish Midl support (#11461)
>       Prohibit space in HOME value for VSMidl test.
>       KWSys: Fix CPU speed calculations (#9963)
>       KWSys: Retrieve QNX specific memory and processor info (#11329)
>       Improve build error detection.
>       VSMidl Test: Use correct include_directories with VS6 (#11461)
>       Add PATH_SUFFIXES for finding git.
>       ExternalProject: Avoid bleed-through output when logging.
>       Fix WOW64 registry mode on Windows 2000 (#10759)
>       ExternalProject: Replace location tags in CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS
>       CPack: Detect more URLs in CPACK_NSIS_MENU_LINKS (#10644)
>       KWSys: Fix WOW64 registry mode on Windows 2000 (#10759)
>       CPack: Add CPACK_NSIS_INSTALL_ROOT variable (#9148)
>
> Eric NOULARD (13):
>       CPackRPM  add basic component support to CPackRPM
>       CPack  fix kwstyle breakage and make CPackRPM backward compatible
>       CPack backward compatibility fix 2.8.3-2.8.2 (bug 11452)
>       CPack Fix KWStyle error
>       CPack Honor CPACK_MONOLITHIC_INSTALL at CPack time too
>       CPack  use IsOn when it's better than IsSet
>       CPackRPM fix bug 0011595 : Can't generate RPMs (on FC11...)
>       CPack new tests for component install
>       CPack  Default component test for ZIP should be OK
>       CPackTest spit out more output in case of failure
>       Arrange output in a better way
>       Precise the project config type when invoking cpack
>       CPackSTGZ  quote here-doc, fix bug10518
>
> Kai Wasserbäch (1):
>       FindTCL: Fix TCL and TK version variable references (#11528)
>
> Marcus D. Hanwell (5):
>       BUG 11451 - pass CMAKE_EXTRA_GENERATOR down.
>       Added CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS to ExternalProject.
>       Escape file write expansion, and build up lists.
>       Fixed bug where last entry would be lost.
>       Python additional version support, bug #10279.
>
> Matthias Kretz (1):
>       Inline help in vim with vertical split.
>
> Mike McQuaid (6):
>       Fix incorrect variable documentation (#11127)
>       Add variable for InstallRequiredSystemLibraries dir (#11140)
>       InstallRequiredSystemLibraries debug-only (#11141)
>       Allow NSIS package or uninstall icon (#11143)
>       Add CPACK_NSIS_EXECUTABLES_DIRECTORY (#7828)
>       Add CPack NSIS MUI_FINISHPAGE_RUN support (#11144)
>
> Philip Lowman (8):
>       11363: FindBoost.cmake fails to find debug libraries in tagged
> layout install
>       11429: FindGTK2 does not find libraries built for Visual Studio 2010
>       11430: FindBullet doesn't find header files installed by Bullet >= 2.77
>       11384: FindCxxTest now includes test code in VS project
>       [patch] Add Boost 1.45 to search, simplify a check removing VERSION_LESS
>       Add Boost 1.46
>       Fix spelling BOOST_LIBRARYDIR message. Add error for common misspellings.
>       Lowercase all function names and improve consistency
>
> Rolf Eike Beer (2):
>       allow STRING(SUBSTRING) work with length -1 as "rest of the string"
>       Add the WORKING_DIRECTORY property to tests
>
> Wojciech Migda (1):
>       Recognize the Texas Instruments DSP compiler (#11645)
>
> Yaakov Selkowitz (2):
>       Cygwin: Use 'cyg' prefix for module DLLs (#10122)
>       Cygwin: Fix release script libncurses search patterns (#10766)
>
> Zach Mullen (4):
>       Remove debugging message from parallel ctest
>       CTest git update should pass the committer as well as the author
>       Support explicitly set test costs in non-parallel testing.
>       Test TIMEOUT property explicitly set to zero should be honored
>