[vtk-developers] Bump CMake to 2.8.7 for check_cxx_symbol_exists()

David E DeMarle dave.demarle at kitware.com
Mon Jul 22 23:21:01 EDT 2013


I'll be able to update dash11 sometime next week when I get back from
vacation.


David E DeMarle
Kitware, Inc.
R&D Engineer
21 Corporate Drive
Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
Phone: 518-881-4909


On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 4:17 PM, David Gobbi <david.gobbi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I want to use the check_cxx_symbol_exists() macro, but that would mean
> bumping VTK's required version of CMake (it's at 2.8.5 now).  If cmake
> is bumped to 2.8.7, then DASH11 is the only dashboard machine that
> will have to be updated.
>
> The difference between check_cxx_symbol_exists() and the older
> check_symbol_exists() macro (the one that VTK uses currently) is that
> the former does the check with the C++ compiler, while the latter does
> the check with the C compiler.  VTK is C++, and we cannot assume that
> all symbols defined for the C compiler are also defined for C++.
>
>  - David
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