CMake 3.10.0-rc3 is ready for testing
October 19, 2017
I am proud to announce the third CMake 3.10 release candidate.
https://cmake.org/download/
Documentation is available at:
https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.10
Release notes appear below and are also published at
https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.10/release/3.10.html
Some of the more significant changes in CMake 3.10 are:
- The flang Fortran compiler is now supported, with compiler id
“Flang”. - Support for the MSVC ARM64 architecture was added. Visual Studio
2017 Update 4 and above offer an ARM64 toolchain. - The “include_guard()” command was introduced to allow guarding
CMake scripts from being included more than once. The command
supports “DIRECTORY” and “GLOBAL” options to adjust the
corresponding include guard scope. If no options given, include
guard is similar to basic variable-based check. - “FindMPI” received a major overhaul. It now features language specific
components, better Fortran support, and support for statically linked
MPI implementations. - A “FindOpenACC” module was added to detect compiler support for
OpenACC. Currently only supports PGI, GNU and Cray compilers. - The “FindOpenGL” module underwent numerous improvements. It has gained
support for GLVND and EGL on Linux. It now has import targets that
separate the OpenGL library and OpenGL contexts. - The “GoogleTest” module gained a new command
“gtest_discover_tests()” implementing dynamic (build-time) test
discovery. - When using “AUTOMOC” or “AUTOUIC”, source files that are
“GENERATED” will be processed as well. They were ignored by
“AUTOMOC” and “AUTOUIC” in earlier releases. See policy “CMP0071”. - A “CTEST_LABELS_FOR_SUBPROJECTS” CTest module variable and CTest
script variable were added to specify a list of labels that should
be treated as subprojects by CDash. To use this value in both the
CTest module and the ctest command line Dashboard Client mode (e.g.
“ctest -S”) set it in the “CTestConfig.cmake” config file. - CPack gained a “FREEBSD” generator for FreeBSD “pkg(8)”,
configured by the “CPackFreeBSD” module. - The CPack “DEB” generator, configured by the “CPackDeb” module,
was enabled on Windows. While not fully featured (due to the lack
of external UNIX tools) this will allow building basic cross-
platform Debian packages. - The “cmake(1)” “-E” mode gained support for “sha1sum”,
“sha224sum”, “sha256sum”, “sha384sum”, and “sha512sum”. - The “file(GENERATE)” command now interprets relative paths given
to its “OUTPUT” and “INPUT” arguments with respect to the caller’s
current binary and source directories, respectively. See policy
“CMP0070”.
CMake 3.10 Release Notes
************************
Changes made since CMake 3.9 include the following.
New Features
============
Platforms
---------
* The flang Fortran compiler is now supported, with compiler id
"Flang".
* A new minimal platform file for "Midipix" was added.
* Support for the MSVC ARM64 architecture was added. Visual Studio
2017 Update 4 and above offer an ARM64 toolchain.
* Support for the IAR ARM Compiler was improved.
Generators
----------
* The Makefile Generators and the "Ninja" generator learned to add
compiler launcher tools like ccache along with the compiler for the
"CUDA" language ("C" and "CXX" were supported previously). See the
"CMAKE__COMPILER_LAUNCHER" variable and
"_COMPILER_LAUNCHER" target property for details.
* The "CodeBlocks" extra generator learned to optionally exclude
files from outside the project root directory from the generated
project. See the "CMAKE_CODEBLOCKS_EXCLUDE_EXTERNAL_FILES" variable.
Commands
--------
* The "cmake_host_system_information()" command learned more keys to
get information about the processor capabilities and the host OS
version.
* The "configure_file()" command learned to support indented "#
cmakedefine" and "# cmakedefine01". Spaces and/or tabs between the
"#" character and the "cmakedefine"/"cmakedefine01" words are now
understood and preserved in the output.
* The "execute_process()" command gained a "RESULTS_VARIABLE" option
to collect a list of results from all children in a pipeline of
processes when multiple "COMMAND" arguments are given.
* The "include_guard()" command was introduced to allow guarding
CMake scripts from being included more than once. The command
supports "DIRECTORY" and "GLOBAL" options to adjust the
corresponding include guard scope. If no options given, include
guard is similar to basic variable-based check.
* The "string()" command learned a new "PREPEND" subcommand.
* The "string(TIMESTAMP)" command now supports "%A" for full weekday
name and "%B" for full month name.
Variables
---------
* A "CMAKE_DIRECTORY_LABELS" variable was added to specify labels
for all tests in a directory.
Properties
----------
* A "_CPPCHECK" target property and supporting
"CMAKE__CPPCHECK" variable were introduced to tell the
Makefile Generators and the "Ninja" generator to run "cppcheck" with
the compiler for "C" and "CXX" languages.
* A "LABELS" directory property was added to specify labels for all
targets and tests in a directory.
* A "TEST_INCLUDE_FILES" directory property was added to list any
number of files to be included when running tests with "ctest(1)".
This generalizes the "TEST_INCLUDE_FILE" property.
* The "VS_DOTNET_REFERENCEPROP__TAG_" target
property was added to support custom XML tags for reference
assemblies in C# targets.
* Source file properties "VS_SHADER_OUTPUT_HEADER_FILE" and
"VS_SHADER_VARIABLE_NAME" have been added to specify more details of
".hlsl" sources with Visual Studio Generators.
Modules
-------
* The "FindCurses" module gained a "CURSES_NEED_WIDE" option to
request the wide-character variant.
* The "FindEXPAT" module now provides imported targets.
* The "FindFreetype" module now provides imported targets.
* "FindMPI" gained a number of new features, including:
* Language-specific components have been added to the module.
* Many more MPI environments are now supported.
* The environmental support for Fortran has been improved.
* A user now has fine-grained control over the MPI selection
process, including passing custom parameters to the MPI compiler.
* The version of the implemented MPI standard is now being
exposed.
* MPI-2 C++ bindings can now be detected and also suppressed if so
desired.
* The available Fortran bindings are now being detected and
verified.
* Various MPI-3 information can be requested, including the
library version and Fortran capabilities of the individual
bindings.
* Statically linked MPI implementations are supported.
* A "FindOpenACC" module was added to detect compiler support for
OpenACC. Currently only supports PGI, GNU and Cray compilers.
* The "FindOpenGL" module gained support for GLVND on Linux.
* The "FindOpenMP" module gained support for language-specific
components.
* A "FindPatch" module was added to find the "patch" command-line
executable.
* The "FindProtobuf" module "protobuf_generate_cpp()" command gained
a "DESCRIPTORS" option to generate descriptor files.
* The "GoogleTest" module gained a new command
"gtest_discover_tests()" implementing dynamic (build-time) test
discovery. Unlike the source parsing approach, dynamic discovery
executes the test (in 'list available tests' mode) at build time to
discover tests. This is robust against unusual ways of labeling
tests, provides much better support for advanced features such as
parameterized tests, and does not require re-running CMake to
discover added or removed tests within a test executable.
* The "InstallRequiredSystemLibraries" module gained support for
installing Intel compiler runtimes.
Autogen
-------
* When using "AUTOMOC" or "AUTOUIC" with a multi configuration
generator (e.g. "Xcode"), included "*.moc", "moc_*.cpp" and
"ui_*.h" files are generated in
"/include_" instead of
"/include".
* When using "AUTOMOC" or "AUTOUIC", source files that are
"GENERATED" will be processed as well. They were ignored by
"AUTOMOC" and "AUTOUIC" in earlier releases. See policy "CMP0071".
* When using "AUTOMOC", CMake searches for the strings "Q_OBJECT",
"Q_GADGET" or "Q_NAMESPACE" in a source file to determine if it
needs to be "moc" processed. The new "CMAKE_AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES"
variable and "AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES" target property may be set to
register additional strings (macro names) to search for.
* When using "AUTOMOC", the new "CMAKE_AUTOMOC_COMPILER_PREDEFINES"
variable and "AUTOMOC_COMPILER_PREDEFINES" target property specify
whether to enable or disable the generation of the compiler pre
definitions file "moc_predefs.h".
CTest
-----
* A "CTEST_LABELS_FOR_SUBPROJECTS" CTest module variable and CTest
script variable were added to specify a list of labels that should
be treated as subprojects by CDash. To use this value in both the
CTest module and the ctest command line Dashboard Client mode (e.g.
"ctest -S") set it in the "CTestConfig.cmake" config file.
CPack
-----
* CPack gained a "FREEBSD" generator for FreeBSD "pkg(8)",
configured by the "CPackFreeBSD" module.
* The CPack "DEB" generator, configured by the "CPackDeb" module,
was enabled on Windows. While not fully featured (due to the lack
of external UNIX tools) this will allow building basic cross-
platform Debian packages.
* The "CPackDeb" module learned to set package release version in
"Version" info property. See the "CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_RELEASE"
variable.
* The "CPackDeb" module learned more strict package version checking
that complies with Debian rules.
* The "CPackIFW" module "cpack_ifw_configure_component()" and
"cpack_ifw_configure_component_group()" commands gained a new
"REPLACES" and "CHECKABLE" options.
* The "CPackIFW" module gained new
"CPACK_IFW_PACKAGE_FILE_EXTENSION" variable to customize target
binary format.
* The "CPackIFW" module gained new
"CPACK_IFW_REPOSITORIES_DIRECTORIES" variable to specify additional
repositories dirs that will be used to resolve and repack dependent
components. This feature is only available when using QtIFW 3.1 or
later.
* Modules "CPackRPM" and "CPackDeb" learned to set package epoch
version. See "CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_EPOCH" and
"CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_EPOCH" variables.
Other
-----
* The "cmake(1)" "-E" mode gained support for "sha1sum",
"sha224sum", "sha256sum", "sha384sum", and "sha512sum".
* The graphviz output now distinguishes among the different
dependency types "PUBLIC", "PRIVATE" and "INTERFACE" and represents
them in the output graph as solid, dashed and dotted edges.
Deprecated and Removed Features
===============================
* Support for building CMake itself with C++98 compilers was
dropped. CMake is now implemented using C++11.
* Support for building CMake on HP-UX has been dropped pending
better support for C++11 and a port of libuv. See CMake Issue
17137. Use CMake 3.9 or lower instead for HP-UX support.
Other Changes
=============
* On FreeBSD the C++ compiler named "c++" is now the preferred
default.
* The "file(GENERATE)" command now interprets relative paths given
to its "OUTPUT" and "INPUT" arguments with respect to the caller's
current binary and source directories, respectively. See policy
"CMP0070".
* The "get_filename_component()" "PROGRAM" mode semantics have been
revised to not tolerate unquoted spaces in the path to the program
while also accepting arguments. While technically incompatible with
the old behavior, it is expected that behavior under typical use
cases with properly-quoted command-lines has not changed.
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Changes made since CMake 3.10.0-rc2:
Brad King (7):
Do not initialize NO_SYSTEM_FROM_IMPORTED on INTERFACE libraries
Help: Clarify documentation of NO_SYSTEM_FROM_IMPORTED
cmVSSetupHelper: Factor out install location string construction
cmVSSetupHelper: Fix install location encoding conversion
VS: Detect compiler component in VS 2017 instances more reliably
VS: Set CUDA TargetMachinePlatform explicitly on x64
CMake 3.10.0-rc3
Christian Pfeiffer (1):
FindOpenMP: Improve OMP libraries search