[Chicken-users] Re: CMake problem on Linux should be solved

[William A. Hoffman]

I got this error:

make[2]: *** No rule to make target `match.c', needed by 
`static/CMakeFiles/libchicken-static.dir/depend.make.mark'.  Stop.
make[1]: *** [static/CMakeFiles/libchicken-static.dir/all] Error 2
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....


At 09:39 PM 9/7/2006, Brandon J. Van Every wrote:
>CMake 2.4.3 has a bug where static and dynamic libraries clobber each other 
>during the build if they have the same rootname.  The bug affects all OSes.  
>Previously I thought it only affected Windows, and I implemented hacks during 
>the INSTALL to get around it.  Felix reported a problem on Linux and Bill of 
>Kitware confirmed that it's the same bug.
>
>I decided it is too complicated to do more INSTALL hacks, as I don't really 
>know what suffixes are apropos on Linux or arbitrary OSes in general, nor do I 
>have the ability to test them.  So, static libraries are now built in a 
>/static subdirectory.  This took some refactoring of CMakeLists.txt.  It 
>wasn't trivial but it was doable, about a day's work.  The results are now in 
>Darcs.  I have confirmed that VS 7.1, MinGW, and Cygwin all build and install 
>just fine now.  I am projecting that Linux will build and install just fine 
>now as well, since it will go through the same code path as the MinGW build.
>
>I await your tests.
>
>
>Cheers,
>Brandon Van Every