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CMake

Since its inception by Kitware in 1999, CMake (Cross-platform Make) has grown to be the dominant meta build system across computing platforms.

2024

2024-03-21 – CTest parallel run by default
2024-03-20 – CMake version recommendations and install
2024-03-12 – CMake FindOpenSSL hints
2024-03-07 – CMake macOS Xcode Environment
2024-02-19 – CMake TARGET_RUNTIME_DLL_DIRS for CTest
2024-02-15 – CMake ignore Anaconda libraries and compilers
2024-02-11 – CMake ExternalProject/FetchContent Git vs. URL archive
2024-02-10 – CMake changelog for older versions
2024-01-31 – CMake preset enforce use
2024-01-30 – CMake color output
2024-01-29 – CTest combines stdout and stderr
2024-01-25 – Print all CMake option variables
2024-01-22 – Homebrew CMake-GUI install
2024-01-17 – CMake build parallel
2024-01-16 – CMake / Meson compiler flag Wno form
2024-01-10 – CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME detect operating system

2023

2023-11-28 – CMake detect if project is top level
2023-11-01 – CTest WILL_FAIL segfault SIGABRT catch
2023-09-10 – CMake override default compiler flags
2023-09-09 – OpenMP with CMake
2023-09-08 – CMake FetchContent ignore build system
2023-09-04 – List symbols in library / object file
2023-09-03 – pkgconf is generally preferred over pkg-config
2023-09-02 – CMake include-what-you-use (IWYU)
2023-08-30 – C++20 modules and CMake
2023-08-26 – Using Intel oneAPI and MKL with CMake
2023-08-23 – CMake compiler flag precedence
2023-08-18 – CMake environment variable names with special characters
2023-08-15 – AppleClang + GFortran no compact unwind warnings
2023-08-14 – CMake CppCheck static code checks
2023-08-10 – CMake ExternalProject verbose progress with Ninja
2023-08-09 – CMake generator version
2023-08-02 – CMake ExternalProject and Git filters
2023-07-24 – Dynamic libraries and CMake
2023-07-20 – CMake dependency graph
2023-06-04 – CMake policies vs. minimum CMake version
2023-03-17 – CMake .gitignore out-of-source build tree
2023-03-16 – CMake real path
2023-03-15 – CMake language standard for check* functions
2023-03-09 – CMake execute_process flush
2023-03-05 – CMake matlab_add_mex() with CTest
2023-03-04 – CMake configure log CMakeConfigureLog.yaml
2023-03-03 – Use CMake file-api from Python
2023-03-02 – CTest resume testing
2023-02-28 – CMake FetchContent manual download
2023-02-27 – CMake build files require CMake
2023-02-24 – CMake HTTP user agent
2023-02-19 – CMake check TLS capabilities
2023-02-12 – CMake sleep
2023-02-11 – CMake profile configure
2023-02-10 – CMake TLS VERIFY global
2023-02-08 – CMake get current time
2023-02-04 – CMake find_program script
2023-01-29 – CMake sanitize alphanumeric string

2022

2022-12-22 – Intel oneAPI icpx Windows
2022-11-27 – CMake presets build options
2022-11-24 – CMake and Meson compiler option family
2022-11-22 – CMake script relocate
2022-11-09 – cURL build native Windows Schannel
2022-10-25 – CMake environment variable scope
2022-10-22 – CMake ExternalProject ensure same compilers
2022-10-21 – CMake archive extract syntax
2022-10-20 – CMake print to stdout or stderr
2022-10-19 – CMake temporary directory
2022-10-03 – CMake CTest memcheck
2022-10-02 – CTest set environment variable
2022-09-20 – Visual Studio /delayload with CMake
2022-09-18 – CMake check path write access
2022-09-02 – Check CMake TLS functioning
2022-08-18 – CMake resolve cyclical static link
2022-08-04 – NMake external projects from CMake
2022-08-03 – Intel oneMKL Scalapack examples
2022-08-03 – Intel oneMKL LAPACK95 with Gfortran
2022-07-24 – CMake get CPU count
2022-07-15 – CTest CDash run only once
2022-06-01 – CMake find with Homebrew
2022-05-22 – CMake Git inactivity timeout
2022-05-21 – CMake generator full path
2022-05-19 – CMake FindPython hints
2022-05-13 – CMake detect CPU model
2022-05-12 – Identifying Fortran compiler with CMake
2022-05-04 – Force older language standard in CMake
2022-05-02 – CMake import interface link
2022-05-01 – CMake CTest single command build and test
2022-04-24 – ctest_empty_binary_directory usage
2022-04-23 – Get list of CMake target names
2022-04-12 – CMake Find MPIEXEC without FindMPI
2022-04-11 – CTest update command
2022-04-10 – CMake TARGET_FILE generator expression
2022-04-04 – CMake INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT not foolproof
2022-04-01 – CMake FindMPI CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH
2022-03-29 – CMake GCC build
2022-03-12 – Using Python in CMake script
2022-03-10 – Install Python package from CMake
2022-03-04 – CMake undefined variable compare
2022-03-01 – Autotools CMake ExternalProject
2022-02-27 – Build Make external projects from CMake
2022-02-17 – CMake shared libraries on Visual Studio / oneAPI
2022-02-14 – CMake if environment/cache variable conditions
2022-02-13 – CMake if not short circuit
2022-02-10 – CMake debug find
2022-01-05 – CMake packaging essentials

2021

2021-11-19 – CMake Ninja Multi-Config generator
2021-11-16 – CMake apply patch file
2021-11-01 – CMake macOS Framework link
2021-10-15 – Avoid overriding CMake default install prefix
2021-10-12 – CMake build type default
2021-10-05 – MUMPS CMake FetchContent
2021-09-10 – CMake download and extract compressed files
2021-06-25 – CMake FetchContent vs. ExternalProject
2021-06-10 – Diagnose CTest failures from logs
2021-05-31 – CMake CTest subset test label
2021-04-12 – CMake generate Fortran from template
2021-03-30 – CMake expanduser tilde ~
2021-03-29 – List all CMake tests with CTest
2021-03-28 – CMake file separator
2021-03-17 – CMake Zstd compression
2021-03-09 – CMake script shebang
2021-03-08 – CMAKE_COMMAND script policy
2021-03-07 – CMake add Git submodule directory
2021-03-06 – CMake Powershell tests
2021-03-05 – CMake ExternalProject pass lists
2021-03-01 – Build CMake from dev sources
2021-02-18 – CMake generate pkg-config .pc
2021-02-17 – CMake NO_DEFAULT_PATH also disables hints and path suffixes
2021-02-14 – Get list of CMake test names
2021-02-13 – CMake packaging with CPack example
2021-01-18 – Using CMake on Windows
2021-01-15 – CMake version required for Intel oneAPI
2021-01-07 – Switching from autotools to CMake

2020

2020-11-17 – Linking HDF5 with CMake for C, C++ and Fortran
2020-11-15 – CMake compiler feature detect
2020-10-21 – CMake RESOURCE_LOCK vs. RUN_SERIAL advantages
2020-10-19 – Put Git revision in executable or library
2020-10-16 – Matlab version selection with CMake
2020-07-16 – FindNetCDF.cmake with imported targets
2020-07-11 – CMake quality linting
2020-06-08 – CMake CTest cost data
2020-03-28 – Switch CMake Generator to Ninja
2020-03-27 – Ninja job pools for low memory CMake builds
2020-02-28 – Using CMAKE_ROLE to detect CMake run mode
2020-02-24 – CMake Ninja generator preprocesses Fortran
2020-02-21 – CMake per-language option flags
2020-02-19 – CMake Fortran design patterns
2020-02-18 – Specify C and CXX for CMake projects with MSVC
2020-02-17 – CMake FindHDF5 improvements
2020-02-13 – Benefits of CMake Object Libraries
2020-02-06 – GNU Make parallel build
2020-02-01 – Convert CMake to Meson
2020-01-28 – Ninja bootstrap build

2019

2019-12-22 – Skip test with return code 77
2019-10-10 – Platform independent builds with Cmake
2019-09-28 – CMake builds for modern C++
2019-03-19 – CMake builds for modern Fortran
2019-03-06 – CMake force linking static libs
2019-01-22 – CMake hex2dec and dec2hex

2018

2018-11-25 – Fortran polymorphism with CMake
2018-03-22 – CMake project directory structure