[CMake] [mingw + cmake] Porting code from mac os x to windows

[Eric Noulard]

2012/3/27 Jean-Philippe Doyon <doyonjea at gmail.com>:
> Dear all,
>
>         I use mingw to port my code from mac to windows. For that, I
> have to indicate the compiler used by cmake to that of mingw.
> That is set CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to "i386-mingw32-g++" (which compiles a
> binary for windows). You can see the command and the error below.
>
> cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/local/install/bpp/windows -
> CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/local/i386-mingw32-4.3.0/bin/i386-mingw32-g++
> loading initial cache file MAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/local/i386-
> mingw32-4.3.0/bin/i386-mingw32-g++
> CMake Error: Error processing file:MAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/local/i386-
> mingw32-4.3.0/bin/i386-mingw32-g++
> -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
>
>       Could you help me please.

When doing this kind of "cross-compiling" it's better to use a toolchain.
Here's the one I use for mingw32/64 on Linux you shall adapt it for MacOS
and read this:
http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_Cross_Compiling


>
> Best
> JP
>
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