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Posted to c-dev@xerces.apache.org by rl...@codelibre.net on 2015/07/08 12:07:26 UTC
Re: CMake support
> While the xerces-c project provides an
> autotools-based build and several different visual studio solution
> files, I was wondering if you had considered the use of a tool such as
> CMake, which can generate solution files for all visual studio versions
> (including 2015), Makefiles, and project files for a number of IDEs,
> including Eclipse? This allows all the platforms to be supported well
> from a common set of build rules, and means you don't need to maintain
> separate solutions for each visual studio release.
I didn't see any response to this unless I missed it.
In the interim, I've been trying to use the provided VC solution/project
files, and I've run into some problems. The "ICU Debug" and "ICU Release"
configurations are broken for all the VC versions I've looked at (10, 11
and 12), likely applicable to all versions. They don't link against the
libicuuc[d].lib libraries for any of the x64 platform variants. And they
don't link against the debug library for the debug configuration variants.
The following patch demonstrates a possible fix for VC12, which should
apply to all previous versions as well.
Regarding CMake support, this discrepancy could have been easily avoided
by having a simple feature test and option for ICU support, rather than a
combinatorial explosion of configurations, platforms and VC versions. My
offer to add such support still stands, should you wish to take advantage
of it.
Kind regards,
Roger
$ diff -urN xerces-c-3.1.2.orig xerces-c-3.1.2
diff -urN
xerces-c-3.1.2.orig/projects/Win32/VC12/xerces-all/XercesLib/XercesLib.vcxproj
xerces-c-3.1.2/projects/Win32/VC12/xerces-all/XercesLib/XercesLib.vcxproj
---
xerces-c-3.1.2.orig/projects/Win32/VC12/xerces-all/XercesLib/XercesLib.vcxproj
2015-03-09 22:45:53.000000000 +0000
+++
xerces-c-3.1.2/projects/Win32/VC12/xerces-all/XercesLib/XercesLib.vcxproj
2015-07-08 09:34:52.888900100 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
<ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|Win32">
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@
</ResourceCompile>
<Link>
<AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
-
<AdditionalDependencies>ws2_32.lib;advapi32.lib;icuuc.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+
<AdditionalDependencies>ws2_32.lib;advapi32.lib;icuucd.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
<OutputFile>$(TargetPath)</OutputFile>
<AdditionalLibraryDirectories>%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
<GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@
<Culture>0x0409</Culture>
</ResourceCompile>
<Link>
-
<AdditionalDependencies>ws2_32.lib;advapi32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+
<AdditionalDependencies>ws2_32.lib;advapi32.lib;icuucd.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
<OutputFile>$(TargetPath)</OutputFile>
<AdditionalLibraryDirectories>%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
<GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@
<Culture>0x0409</Culture>
</ResourceCompile>
<Link>
-
<AdditionalDependencies>ws2_32.lib;advapi32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+
<AdditionalDependencies>ws2_32.lib;advapi32.lib;icuuc.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
<OutputFile>$(TargetPath)</OutputFile>
<AdditionalLibraryDirectories>%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
<GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
--
Dr Roger Leigh -- Open Microscopy Environment
Wellcome Trust Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression,
College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dow Street,
Dundee DD1 5EH Scotland UK Tel: (01382) 386364
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Re: CMake support
Posted by "Cantor, Scott" <ca...@osu.edu>.
On 7/8/15, 6:07 AM, "rleigh@codelibre.net" <rl...@codelibre.net> wrote:
>
>I didn't see any response to this unless I missed it.
There is very little active energy around this project, you'll get a sense of that from the list archives.
>The following patch demonstrates a possible fix for VC12, which should
>apply to all previous versions as well.
You can file issues and attach patches in Jira [1] so that if there ever is a release, there's at least the possibility it might get included. The mail archive alone won't lead to that generally.
>Regarding CMake support, this discrepancy could have been easily avoided
>by having a simple feature test and option for ICU support, rather than a
>combinatorial explosion of configurations, platforms and VC versions. My
>offer to add such support still stands, should you wish to take advantage
>of it.
Just a personal perspective, but everybody has their favorite tools and the one common denominator is that nobody else knows them and that means unless you're prepared to be "the" guy for an extended period, the payoff isn't generally worth it.
I'm not arguing for the current state, just noting the problem with anything that's not familiar to the masses. Features aren't usually enough.
-- Scott
[1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESC