Cmake on Amiga

Hello,

how is the status of cmake on Amiga.

Never tried by myself. Any hint?

Kind regards

I tried CMake package on os4depot made by Alfkil following the instructions found on the amigaos read me file.

I get an error:

CMake Error: Could not find CMAKE_ROOT !!!
CMake has most likely not been installed correctly.
Modules directory not found in /AmigaOS/C
CMake error: Error executing cmake::LoadCache(). Aborting

@AmigaBlitter

Haven't tried it myself, but that sounds like it's reading an envvar

Try creating CMAKE_ROOT in ENVARC: with the path pointing to your cMake bin

and check with Snoopy to see if the program looks for something

Checked with snoopy. Cmake fails several times.
Maybe Alfkill could give us an hint?

@AmigaBlitter
How did you invoke it?

Try "cmake -DCMAKE_ROOT=whereveryouinstalledcmake"

(Not that I've actually tried the AmigaOS version though)

Thank you
I tried with cmake -DCMAKE_ROOT=AmigaOS:cmake
doesn't work.
Tried with cmake -DCMAKE_ROOT=AmigaOS/cmake and other variants

same results

@AmigaBlitter

I tried CMake a while ago, but couldn't get anything built successfully. IIRC, the error was usually that CMake was too old.

Hans

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Does CMake need to be run under a unix-like environment (e.g. sh CMake)

CMake version for AmigaOS is 2.8.5

I need at least CMake 2.8.
Cmake soesn't need sh Cmake, i guess.
Running cmake only produces a list of all options and informations. Running cmake with parameters or commands produces errors and crashs.

Can someone help me to get cmake working?

thank you very much

@AmigaBlitter

As @Hans stated above CMake on Amiga is too old already.

You might get the version we have working, but it wouldn't be worth the hassle as you'd be limited to porting stuff that has stopped development and is the same age as our CMake.

All other ports have moved on and may need a newer CMake, so i guess it wouldn't be worth the hassle

You could always tried to set up a linux cross-compiler and build it there though

MickJT is the one to ask about such stuff

@Raziel
The 2.8.5 should suffice my needs
Btw, i download 3.7 rc3 and tried to compile. Working on it...

First problem i encountered is that the bootstrap doesn't find the c, c++ toolchain

@AmigaBlitter

Last time i asked about porting stuff with bootstrap i got the answer "Doesn't work on AmigaOS4"

May have changed in the meantime, don't really know

@AmigaBlitter

I happen to have cmake still installed

Tried a simple "CMake" from the shell and it least starts and shows the help options...no project to try it out though

@Raziel

I succeeded in get cmake only working too, but as soon as cmake tries to build something it crash

@AmigaBlitter

Try to grab the log and send it to alfkil maybe?

@AmigaBlitter

If it's crashing up the stack.

Once it stops crashing it will simply become useless, I've never got anything to work with it, it fails for me at the point of looking for the compiler, and there seems no way to tell it which compiler to use, it always attempts to verify your choice and fails.

You could try "configuring" under linux but the resulting makefiles stil refer back to cmake so you will need to do a lot of editing to get avia make system.

Maybe cross compiling is the only option.

I did the last few (port) builds of Flare RPG with cmake, though it was necessary to use wizard mode, -i option. It was much easier than to write new scripts for compiling or what ever, but Your Mileage May Vary. Linking did require a brand new command to make sound work.

From my notes:
"Makefile not done by hand anymore, cmake ../cmake -i ../cmake .. is faster."

I see that CMake has bumped to 3 by now, so I don't doubt its obsolescence.