How to pass a compile flag to cmake initial compiler test? - cmake

I'm trying to use CMake for building a project which uses the MSPGCC cross-compiler for a MSP430 microcontroller. To successfully compile any simple program with it, we need to pass a compile flag indicating the target processor, or else it fails like this:
$ msp430-gcc -o test test.c
In file included from test.c:1:0:
/usr/local/lib/gcc/msp430/4.6.3/../../../../msp430/include/msp430.h:813:2: warning: #warning Unable to identify and include MCU header, use -mmcu=MCU [-Wcpp]
/usr/local/lib/gcc/msp430/4.6.3/../../../../msp430/bin/ld: cannot open linker script file memory.x: No such file or directory
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
Hence, if I indicate the processor using the -mmcu switch it works fine. The problem is, although I'm already specifying this in my CMakeLists.txt file:
cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6)
project (test-project C)
set (SOURCES
test.c
)
add_executable (test-project ${SOURCES})
set (CPU_FLAG "-mmcu=msp430f148")
set (CMAKE_C_FLAGS ${CPU_FLAG})
set (CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS ${CPU_FLAG})
CMake complains the compiler failed the test to compile a simple program, which I bet is happening because it is probably not using the -mmcu switch (note the message about not being able to open linker script file memory.x):
$ cd ~/git/test-project
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../msp430.cmake ..
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 4.6.3
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/local/bin/msp430-gcc
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/local/bin/msp430-gcc -- broken
CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:52 (MESSAGE):
The C compiler "/usr/local/bin/msp430-gcc" is not able to compile a simple
test program.
It fails with the following output:
Change Dir: /home/claudio/git/test-project/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp
Run Build Command:/usr/bin/gmake "cmTryCompileExec2889462763/fast"
/usr/bin/gmake -f CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec2889462763.dir/build.make
CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec2889462763.dir/build
gmake[1]: Entering directory
`/home/claudio/git/test-project/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp'
/usr/bin/cmake -E cmake_progress_report
/home/claudio/git/test-project/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CMakeFiles 1
Building C object
CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec2889462763.dir/testCCompiler.c.o
/usr/local/bin/msp430-gcc -o
CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec2889462763.dir/testCCompiler.c.o -c
/home/claudio/git/test-project/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/testCCompiler.c
Linking C executable cmTryCompileExec2889462763
/usr/bin/cmake -E cmake_link_script
CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec2889462763.dir/link.txt --verbose=1
/usr/local/bin/msp430-gcc
CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec2889462763.dir/testCCompiler.c.o -o
cmTryCompileExec2889462763 -rdynamic
/usr/local/lib/gcc/msp430/4.6.3/../../../../msp430/bin/ld: cannot open
linker script file memory.x: No such file or directory
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
gmake[1]: Leaving directory
`/home/claudio/git/test-project/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp'
gmake[1]: *** [cmTryCompileExec2889462763] Error 1
gmake: *** [cmTryCompileExec2889462763/fast] Error 2
CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
CMakeLists.txt:3 (project)
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
Just for the record, my toolchain file is as follows, and my PATH variable allows it to find the compiler binaries at /usr/local/bin:
# the name of the target operating system
#SET(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Linux)
# which C and C++ compiler to use
SET(CMAKE_C_COMPILER msp430-gcc)
SET(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER msp430-g++)
# here is the target environment located
SET(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH /usr/local/msp430)
# adjust the default behaviour of the FIND_XXX() commands:
# search headers and libraries in the target environment, search
# programs in the host environment
set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM NEVER)
set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY ONLY)
set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE ONLY)
All that said, can anyone tell me how to check which compile flags CMake is using to carry the compiler test, and how can we pass custom flags (like -mmcu, for instance) so it doesn't fail it?

According to the Docs:
http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_Cross_Compiling#The_toolchain_file
you should use the CMakeForceCompiler thing
INCLUDE(CMakeForceCompiler)
# this one is important
SET(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME eCos)
# specify the cross compiler
CMAKE_FORCE_C_COMPILER(arm-elf-gcc GNU)
CMAKE_FORCE_CXX_COMPILER(arm-elf-g++ GNU)
# where is the target environment
SET(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH /home/alex/src/ecos/install )
# search for programs in the build host directories
SET(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM NEVER)
# for libraries and headers in the target directories
SET(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY ONLY)
SET(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE ONLY)
(copy&paste from the docs)
Using it fine here for my MSP430 too

The other answer here is outdated.
The toolchain file should include the required flags in the appropriate CMAKE_<KIND>_FLAGS(_<CONFIG>)_INIT variables, like so:
set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_INIT "-mmcu=msp430f148")
set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_INIT "-mmcu=msp430f148")
set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT "-mmcu=msp430f148")
CMake's compiler detection routines will use these flags when compiling a test executable. The full list is available in the CMake variables documentation, but the full list (at time of writing) is:
CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_<CONFIG>_INIT
CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_INIT
CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_<CONFIG>_INIT
CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT
CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS_<CONFIG>_INIT
CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT
CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_<CONFIG>_INIT
CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT
CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS_<CONFIG>_INIT
CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT
Where <CONFIG> is any ALL CAPS config name including, but not limited to, DEBUG, RELWITHDEBINFO, MINSIZEREL, and RELEASE. The non-<CONFIG> variants apply to all configurations and are augmented by the <CONFIG> variants.
And, where <LANG> is any of the languages known to enable_language(), currently including CXX, C, CUDA, OBJC, OBJCXX, Fortran, HIP, ISPC, and ASM. The current list may be found in the enable_language documentation.

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Specify CMake generator unless explicitly passed as command argument by user

In all of the following, I'm using Windows, so WIN32 is always defined in CMake.
I have a CMakeLists.txt file which does its job fine, and I'm using a Preload.CMake file to specify a bunch of stuff, including a certain generator depending on circumstances:
if( WIN32 )
message( "Current generator: ${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" ) # For debugging purposes
if( NOT COMMAND cl OR NOT COMMAND nmake )
set( CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "g++" )
set( CMAKE_GENERATOR "MinGW Makefiles" CACHE STRING "" FORCE )
set( CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM "make" )
message( "MSVC compiler could not be found, attempting with g++ and MinGW makefiles." )
endif( )
endif( )
This allows a Windows user with no Visual Studio to run cmake .. instead of a whole cmake .. -G "MinGW Makefiles".
It works pretty well, here is the output when cmake .. is run from an empty directory (no cache, no nothing):
Current generator:
MSVC compiler could not be found, attempting with g++ and MinGW makefiles.
Windows detected, forcing static libs.
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 8.2.0
-- Check for working CXX compiler: C:/MinGW/bin/g++.exe
-- Check for working CXX compiler: C:/MinGW/bin/g++.exe -- works
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: C:/Users/SAYENS/Desktop/picross/build
The problem with this is when I want to specify a generator through the command line. Here is what happens when I run cmake .. -G "MSYS Makefiles" from a MSYS terminal (empty directory, no cache):
Current generator:
MSVC compiler could not be found, attempting with g++ and MinGW makefiles.
CMake Error: Error: generator : MSYS Makefiles
Does not match the generator used previously: MinGW Makefiles
Either remove the CMakeCache.txt file and CMakeFiles directory or choose a different binary directory.
(There is no such file as CMakeCache.txt or a CMakeFiles directory, but explicitly specifying a generator in the command line, that is different from the one specified in Preload.CMake, seems to be enough of a source of confusion to print out this message.)
I thought I'd be able to work around the issue by "catching" the value of the -G argument with CMAKE_GENERATOR, but it turns out I can't, as per the first output line Current generator:.
How can I work this out? I tried looking for a way to parse command line arguments, but found none that doesn't involve using a wrapper script, which I'd like to avoid resorting to.
Set the generator name in the environment variable CMAKE_GENERATOR. The documentation says:
Specifies the CMake default generator to use when no generator is
supplied with -G. If the provided value doesn’t name a generator known
by CMake, the internal default is used. Either way the resulting
generator selection is stored in the CMAKE_GENERATOR variable.
Some generators may be additionally configured using the environment
variables:
CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM
CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET
CMAKE_GENERATOR_INSTANCE

STM32 Project with CMake

I am trying to create and compile an ARM-based STM32 project using CMake.
CMakeLsts.txt is the following:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.7)
SET(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Generic)
SET(CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION 1)
# Enable logging messages
#set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE ON)
# Project name
set(PROJECT_NAME FixtureTACO)
PROJECT(${PROJECT_NAME} C CXX ASM)
SET(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
###################### CHIP CONFIGURATION ##########################
SET(ROOT_PROJ ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
SET(CPU "cortex-m4")
SET(ARCH_NAME "arm")
SET(ARCH_VER "v7e-m")
SET(FAMILY "stm32f3")
SET(CHIP "STM32F303xC")
SET(ARCH "${ARCH_NAME}${ARCH_VER}")
####################################################################
# MCU Config
set(FPU "-mfpu=fpv4-sp-d16")
set(FLOAT_ABI "-mfloat-abi=hard")
# Toolchain path
set(TOOLCHAIN_PATH "")
set(ARM_LIB "/usr/lib/arm-none-eabi/lib/${ARCH}")
# Specify C, C++ and ASM compilers
SET(CMAKE_C_COMPILER ${TOOLCHAIN_PATH}arm-none-eabi-gcc)
SET(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER ${TOOLCHAIN_PATH}arm-none-eabi-g++)
set(AS ${TOOLCHAIN_PATH}arm-none-eabi-as)
set(AR ${TOOLCHAIN_PATH}arm-none-eabi-ar)
set(OBJCOPY ${TOOLCHAIN_PATH}arm-none-eabi-objcopy)
set(OBJDUMP ${TOOLCHAIN_PATH}arm-none-eabi-objdump)
set(SIZE ${TOOLCHAIN_PATH}arm-none-eabi-size)
set(GDB ${TOOLCHAIN_PATH}arm-none-eabi-gdb)
set(SIZE ${TOOLCHAIN_PATH}arm-none-eabi-size)
# Definitions passed at compile time (#defines)
add_definitions(-DFAMILY=${FAMILY})
add_definitions(-DCHIP=${CHIP})
add_definitions(-D${CHIP})
add_definitions(-DUSE_FULL_LL_DRIVER)
add_definitions(-USE_HAL_DRIVER)
add_definitions(-DHSE_VALUE=8000000)
add_definitions(-DHSE_STARTUP_TIMEOUT=100)
add_definitions(-DLSE_STARTUP_TIMEOUT=5000)
add_definitions(-DLSE_VALUE=32768)
add_definitions(-DHSI_VALUE=8000000)
add_definitions(-DLSI_VALUE=40000)
add_definitions(-DDD_VALUE=3300)
add_definitions(-DPREFETCH_ENABLE=1)
# Compilation flags
add_compile_options(-mcpu=${CPU})
add_compile_options(-march=${ARCH})
add_compile_options(-mthumb)
add_compile_options(${FPU})
add_compile_options(${FLOAT_ABI})
add_compile_options(-Og)
add_compile_options(-Wall)
add_compile_options(-fdata-sections)
add_compile_options(-ffunction-sections)
# Only for debugging
add_compile_options(-g -gdwarf-2)
# Linker script path
file(GLOB_RECURSE LINKER_SCRIPT ${ROOT_PROJ}/platforms/${FAMILY}/Linker/*.ld)
# Variables initialized first time
SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_INIT "-std=c++11")
SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_INIT "-std=gnu99")
################################## Source code ###############################################################
# Retrieve all sources # "platforms/${FAMILY}/Startup/*.s"
file(GLOB SOURCES "platforms/${FAMILY}/Startup/*.s" "src/*.cpp" "src/*.c" "platforms/${FAMILY}/Hal/src/*.c" "platforms/${FAMILY}/Device/*.c")
#Retrieve all locations of headers
file(GLOB_RECURSE HEADERS "includes/*.h" "src/*.h" "platforms/${FAMILY}*.h")
set (INCLUDE_DIRS "")
foreach (_headerFile ${HEADERS})
get_filename_component(_dir ${_headerFile} PATH)
list (APPEND INCLUDE_DIRS ${_dir})
endforeach()
list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES INCLUDE_DIRS)
include_directories(${INCLUDE_DIRS})
link_directories(${ARM_LIB})
################################## Source code END ###########################################################
set(EXE_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}_${CHIP}")
add_executable(${EXE_NAME}.elf ${SOURCES} ${LINKER_SCRIPT})
set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-mcpu=${CPU} -mthumb ${FPU} ${FLOAT_ABI} --specs=nano.specs -T${LINKER_SCRIPT} -Wl,-Map=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}.map,--cref -Wl,--gc-sections")
# Libs and external dependencies
target_link_libraries(${EXE_NAME}.elf -lc -lm -lnosys)
# Outputs
set(ELF_FILE ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${EXE_NAME}.elf)
set(HEX_FILE ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${EXE_NAME}.hex)
set(BIN_FILE ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${EXE_NAME}.bin)
add_custom_command(TARGET "${EXE_NAME}.elf" POST_BUILD
# Build .hex and .bin files
COMMAND ${OBJCOPY} -Obinary ${ELF_FILE} ${BIN_FILE}
COMMAND ${OBJCOPY} -Oihex ${ELF_FILE} ${HEX_FILE}
COMMENT "Building ${PROJECT_NAME}.bin and ${PROJECT_NAME}.hex"
# Copy files to a custom build directory
COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${ELF_FILE} "${ROOT_PROJ}/builds/${CHIP}/${EXE_NAME}.elf"
COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${HEX_FILE} "${ROOT_PROJ}/builds/${CHIP}/${EXE_NAME}.hex"
COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${BIN_FILE} "${ROOT_PROJ}/builds/${CHIP}/${EXE_NAME}.bin"
# Display sizes
COMMAND ${SIZE} --format=berkeley ${EXE_NAME}.elf ${EXE_NAME}.hex
COMMENT "Invoking: Cross ARM GNU Print Size"
)
add_custom_target(UPLOAD
${GDB} -iex "target remote tcp:127.0.0.1:3333"
-iex "monitor program ${EXE_NAME}.elf"
-iex "monitor reset init"
-iex "disconnect" -iex "quit ")
When I try to compile I am getting the following errors:
[ 82%] Building C object CMakeFiles/FixtureTACO_STM32F303xC.elf.dir/platforms/stm32f3/Hal/src/stm32f3xx_ll_utils.c.obj
[ 86%] Building ASM object CMakeFiles/FixtureTACO_STM32F303xC.elf.dir/platforms/stm32f3/Startup/startup_stm32f303xc.s.obj
cc: warning: ‘-mcpu=’ is deprecated; use ‘-mtune=’ or ‘-march=’ instead
cc: error: unrecognized command line option ‘-mthumb’; did you mean ‘-mtbm’?
cc: error: unrecognized command line option ‘-mfpu=fpv4-sp-d16’
cc: error: unrecognized command line option ‘-mfloat-abi=hard’
The error occurs ONLY when an assembly file (startup.s in this case) is present in source files and when FPU and FLOAR_ABI flags are present. As you can see, error occurs when startup_stm32f303xc.s is compiled.
I suspect that I am adding those flags in the wrong place but I have no clue where to add them in order to get it works.
Later edit: I already have installed arm 7 compiler on my ubuntu system. I can use it without specifying any path as it is already present in environment variables. I can compile without problems ARM code (from Makefiles) for other targets on machine. My problem is with cmake.
In your line set(TOOLCHAIN_PATH "") you must add a path to compiler. First go to get your free GCC ARM ToolChain. Download for your OS. and then just copy to your favorite location. If you using Linux you can use my path configurations:
1.) Copy gcc arm compirel to /opt/ directory:
sudo tar xjfv ~/Downloads/gcc-arm-none-eabi-7-2018-q2-update-linux.tar.bz2 -C /opt/
For more "sexy" path you can do symbolic link:
sudo ln -s /opt/gcc-arm-none-eabi-7-2018-q2-update/ /opt/gcc-arm-none-eabi
After that go to your CMakeLists.txt and rewrite your set command to:
set(TOOLCHAIN_PATH "/opt/gcc-arm-none-eabi/bin")
But there is better solution to build your project for STM32, but with already done stm32-cmake template project, specifically made for STM32 family. It is mush easier done with something working. You will also need two prerequisites STM32CubeMX installed and again GCC ARM ToolChain. If you want to know how to use this template just DM me and I will you give a quick guidance.
OK, I finally managed to figure it out!
I had to replace
set(AS ${TOOLCHAIN_PATH}arm-none-eabi-as)
with
set(CMAKE_ASM_COMPILER ${TOOLCHAIN_PATH}arm-none-eabi-gcc)
It is not a mistake, it is gcc compiler. You can also append these flags: -x assembler-with-cpp.
CMake didn't know about my custom ASM compiler so it was using default system ASM compiler unless I force it by writing CMAKE_ASM_COMPILER. Now the project is being build and works fine on microcontroller.
The other answers were ok, but had half of the solution. Only ASM filese were compiled with wrong compiler.
I think you try to compile code for ARM using x86 compiler. It will not work. You need to download the ARM toolchain and use the correct compiler.
-mcpu is depreciated in the x86 branch, but is not in the ARM branch
another options just not exist in the x86 compiler.

CMake for non-C project on host without a C compiler

I'd like to use CMake to generate makefiles for non C project. I don't need a C compiler to build my project. As a matter of fact, I don't have a C compiler installed on the host machine.
My CMakeLists.txt looks like:
cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6)
project (the_thing.html)
LIST(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/Modules/cmake-pandocology")
INCLUDE(pandocology)
add_document(
TARGET the_thing
OUTPUT_FILE the_thing.html
SOURCES the_thing.md
)
When I run cmake on my windows machine:
$ mkdir dict && cd dist
$ cmake .. -G"Unix Makefiles"
-- The C compiler identification is unknown
-- The CXX compiler identification is unknown
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:2 (project):
No CMAKE_C_COMPILER could be found.
Tell CMake where to find the compiler by setting either the environment
variable "CC" or the CMake cache entry CMAKE_C_COMPILER to the full path to
the compiler, or to the compiler name if it is in the PATH.
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:2 (project):
No CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER could be found.
Tell CMake where to find the compiler by setting either the environment
variable "CXX" or the CMake cache entry CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to the full path
to the compiler, or to the compiler name if it is in the PATH.
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also ".../dist/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
See also ".../dist/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".
Those two logfiles give no additional clue. How do I fix that project for it to ignore the absence of a C (and C++) compiler?
You need to explicitly say there are no languages.
project("the_thing.html"
LANGUAGES
NONE
)
That's from one of my projects, but it uses modern CMake (your minimum version is 2.6). The above may work for you, but if not this should do it:
project("the_thing.html" NONE)

How do I build/compile Fortran with MinGW gfortran via CMake?

I've got much more I've got to get figured out with CMake than just the following problem, but it's the first and simplest one which I still can't get past. I've scoured the interwebs and even borrowed the 'Mastering CMake' book from a friend, but I'm still having the hardest time... A lot of stuff exists online with regards to CMake, Fortran, and MinGW, and even combinations of two at a time. But all three together seem to be almost non-existent.
All I want to do (at this point) is get a simple Fortran program built and compiling using CMake on Windows, using MinGW's gfortran compiler.
...And I'm a CMake n00b.
This is what I've been working with so far:
CMakeLists.txt:
project(cmake_test Fortran)
add_executable(testf test.f90)
test.f90:
program test
write(*,*)"hello world"
endprogram test
I've got the MSYS2 version of MinGW, since that's the only version that the code I'm eventually going to be compiling will compile with on Windows. (Ie. when I compile it with my own Makefile in the MSYS2 shell, it compiles.)
I've got my Windows Path appended with ;C:\msys64\mingw64\bin. (I've also tried ;C:\msys64\usr\bin, but it complains about sh.exe being in the same directory, among other issues.)
Then I pop open the CMake-GUI, load in the CMakeLists above, hit Configure, specify the generator for the project to be "MinGW Makefiles", select "Use default native compilers", and get the following output:
The Fortran compiler identification is GNU 5.4.0
Check for working Fortran compiler: C:/msys64/mingw64/bin/gfortran.exe
Check for working Fortran compiler: C:/msys64/mingw64/bin/gfortran.exe -- works
Detecting Fortran compiler ABI info
Detecting Fortran compiler ABI info - done
Checking whether C:/msys64/mingw64/bin/gfortran.exe supports Fortran 90
Checking whether C:/msys64/mingw64/bin/gfortran.exe supports Fortran 90 -- yes
Configuring done
Then I click Configure again and get:
Configuring done
Then Generate:
Generating done
In my build directory there is then a Makefile and a number of other files and directories.
I try running make in the MSYS2 shell, and I get this:
myself#COMPUTER MSYS /c/users/myself/desktop/dll_test/with_fortran_cmake/build
$ make
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\users\myself\desktop\dll_test\with_fortran_cmake\build>
That last line is a prompt. If I type stuff like make it seems to run it again and it just brings up the prompt again, within the prompt. If I hit Ctrl+C, it kills it and returns to the normal MSYS2 prompt.
So I can't figure out how to actually make it, assuming I'm even doing the CMake part right.
Question: How do I get this example code to build/compile/run given the constraints I've listed?
(What I'd actually rather do, once I get past this part, is get it to work with Visual Studio 13, since I have a C++ project being built with CMake (written mostly by someone else to whom I have limited access for questions and aid) from which I want to be able to call my Fortran. Once I get the Fortran into a library of some sort which is callable by the C++ from Visual Studio, the Fortran can pretty much just be left alone as a pre-built library. I know that editing Fortran from VS is not really much of a possibility, and I'm not interested in doing it.)
Here are the contents of the generated Makefile (note my editor replaced tabs with spaces when I copied it here):
# CMAKE generated file: DO NOT EDIT!
# Generated by "MinGW Makefiles" Generator, CMake Version 3.5
# Default target executed when no arguments are given to make.
default_target: all
.PHONY : default_target
# Allow only one "make -f Makefile2" at a time, but pass parallelism.
.NOTPARALLEL:
#=============================================================================
# Special targets provided by cmake.
# Disable implicit rules so canonical targets will work.
.SUFFIXES:
# Remove some rules from gmake that .SUFFIXES does not remove.
SUFFIXES =
.SUFFIXES: .hpux_make_needs_suffix_list
# Suppress display of executed commands.
$(VERBOSE).SILENT:
# A target that is always out of date.
cmake_force:
.PHONY : cmake_force
#=============================================================================
# Set environment variables for the build.
SHELL = cmd.exe
# The CMake executable.
CMAKE_COMMAND = "C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\bin\cmake.exe"
# The command to remove a file.
RM = "C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -E remove -f
# Escaping for special characters.
EQUALS = =
# The top-level source directory on which CMake was run.
CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR = C:\Users\myself\Desktop\dll_test\with_fortran_cmake
# The top-level build directory on which CMake was run.
CMAKE_BINARY_DIR = C:\Users\myself\Desktop\dll_test\with_fortran_cmake\build
#=============================================================================
# Targets provided globally by CMake.
# Special rule for the target edit_cache
edit_cache:
#$(CMAKE_COMMAND) -E cmake_echo_color --switch=$(COLOR) --cyan "Running CMake cache editor..."
"C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\bin\cmake-gui.exe" -H$(CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR) -B$(CMAKE_BINARY_DIR)
.PHONY : edit_cache
# Special rule for the target edit_cache
edit_cache/fast: edit_cache
.PHONY : edit_cache/fast
# Special rule for the target rebuild_cache
rebuild_cache:
#$(CMAKE_COMMAND) -E cmake_echo_color --switch=$(COLOR) --cyan "Running CMake to regenerate build system..."
"C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -H$(CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR) -B$(CMAKE_BINARY_DIR)
.PHONY : rebuild_cache
# Special rule for the target rebuild_cache
rebuild_cache/fast: rebuild_cache
.PHONY : rebuild_cache/fast
# The main all target
all: cmake_check_build_system
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Version information:
GNU Fortran (GCC) 5.3.0
Windows 7 Enterprise
Cmake 3.5.2
MSYS2 - I'm not sure how to find the version for this
MinGW - I'm not sure how to find the version for this
I've been through a lot of different pages online during my search, and I didn't bother keeping track of them all, but this one in particular is one I keep coming across because it seems like it's very related from the title, but the actual issue and resolution are totally not:
How can I get a basic Fortran file to compile on Windows/MinGW using CMake?
Here is a quick shell session showing how I was able to build your Fortran program using MSYS2, cmake, make, and gfortran. You should try running the same commands that I did and see if they give different outputs then investigate the reason.
The MSYSTEM variable is especially important; it is determined by what shortcut you click on when starting MSYS2.
$ echo $MSYSTEM
MINGW64
$ which cmake
/mingw64/bin/cmake
$ which gfortran
/mingw64/bin/gfortran
$ which make
/usr/bin/make
$ ls
CMakeLists.txt test.f90
$ cat CMakeLists.txt
project(cmake_test Fortran)
add_executable(testf test.f90)
$ cat test.f90
program test
write(*,*)"hello world"
endprogram test
$ mkdir build && cd build
$ cmake -G"MSYS Makefiles" ..
-- The Fortran compiler identification is GNU 6.2.0
-- Check for working Fortran compiler: D:/msys64/mingw64/bin/gfortran.exe
-- Check for working Fortran compiler: D:/msys64/mingw64/bin/gfortran.exe -- works
-- Detecting Fortran compiler ABI info
-- Detecting Fortran compiler ABI info - done
-- Checking whether D:/msys64/mingw64/bin/gfortran.exe supports Fortran 90
-- Checking whether D:/msys64/mingw64/bin/gfortran.exe supports Fortran 90 -- yes
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: C:/Users/david/Documents/scraps/test_fortran/build
$ make
Scanning dependencies of target testf
[ 50%] Building Fortran object CMakeFiles/testf.dir/test.f90.obj
[100%] Linking Fortran executable testf.exe
[100%] Built target testf
$ ./testf.exe
hello world
Edit: There IS a working solution here -- read till the end!
Thanks to David Grayson's comment on the original question, I've found a partial solution. "Partial" because it uses f95 instead of gfortran. I'm posting it because it might work for someone else, and if I'm able to figure out how to get it to work with gfortran, I'll just update it.
Turns out the main issue was a pretty simple mistake: I was using "MinGW Makefiles" instad of "MSYS Makefiles".
When I only changed that, however, I got the following output in the CMake-GUI when I clicked Configure:
CMake Error: CMake was unable to find a build program corresponding to "MSYS Makefiles". CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM is not set. You probably need to select a different build tool.
CMake Error: CMake was unable to find a build program corresponding to "MSYS Makefiles". CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM is not set. You probably need to select a different build tool.
CMake Error: CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER not set, after EnableLanguage
CMake Error: CMAKE_AR was not found, please set to archive program. Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
To fix this, I changed my Windows Path again. I'd been using ;C:\msys64\mingw64\bin, and so I switched it to ;C:\msys64\usr\bin.
This then worked (I clicked Configure a second time, clicked Generate, and then ran make via the MSYS2 terminal in the /build directory), but as you can see in the following output, it used f95 instead of gfortran:
The Fortran compiler identification is GNU 5.3.0
Check for working Fortran compiler: C:/msys64/usr/bin/f95.exe
Check for working Fortran compiler: C:/msys64/usr/bin/f95.exe -- works
Detecting Fortran compiler ABI info
Detecting Fortran compiler ABI info - done
Checking whether C:/msys64/usr/bin/f95.exe supports Fortran 90
Checking whether C:/msys64/usr/bin/f95.exe supports Fortran 90 -- yes
Configuring done
I'm still working to get it to use gfortran, and I'll update this solution if I figure it out.
Edit:
Okay, this is obviously more of a hack and I'm sure that there's a better solution. I renamed C:\msys64\usr\bin\f95.exe to something else (so that MSYS2 wouldn't find it as another Fortran compiler before finding gfortran). I also had to clear CMake's cache and restart it. But now it works:
The Fortran compiler identification is GNU 5.3.0
Check for working Fortran compiler: C:/msys64/usr/bin/gfortran.exe
Check for working Fortran compiler: C:/msys64/usr/bin/gfortran.exe -- works
Detecting Fortran compiler ABI info
Detecting Fortran compiler ABI info - done
Checking whether C:/msys64/usr/bin/gfortran.exe supports Fortran 90
Checking whether C:/msys64/usr/bin/gfortran.exe supports Fortran 90 -- yes
Configuring done
Working on figuring out how to do this the "correct" way.
Edit:
Okay, I'm guessing this is the more proper way to do it, as I assume it essentially does the same thing as setting environment variables on the commandline when calling CMake from there.
In the CMake-GUI, I set everything up as explained before, but before clicking Configure for the first time, I clicked the "Add Entry" button with the little plus symbol. I then set two new Cache Entries -- though only one is really necessary:
Name: CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER
Type: FILEPATH
Value: C:\msys64\usr\bin\gfortran.exe
I also set the following, but this was only to verify that it was calling gfortran properly, as you'll see in the output below:
Name: CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE
Type: BOOL
Value: [True]
Then, running make in the MSYS2 terminal, I got the following:
$ make
"/C/Program Files (x86)/CMake/bin/cmake.exe" -H/C/Users/myself/Desktop/dll_test/with_fortran_cmake -B/C/Users/myself/Desktop/dll_test/with_fortran_cmake/build --check-build-system CMakeFiles/Makefile.cmake 0
"/C/Program Files (x86)/CMake/bin/cmake.exe" -E cmake_progress_start /C/Users/myself/Desktop/dll_test/with_fortran_cmake/build/CMakeFiles /C/Users/myself/Desktop/dll_test/with_fortran_cmake/build/CMakeFiles/progress.marks
make -f CMakeFiles/Makefile2 all
make[1]: Entering directory '/c/Users/myself/Desktop/dll_test/with_fortran_cmake/build'
make -f CMakeFiles/testf.dir/build.make CMakeFiles/testf.dir/depend
make[2]: Entering directory '/c/Users/myself/Desktop/dll_test/with_fortran_cmake/build'
"/C/Program Files (x86)/CMake/bin/cmake.exe" -E cmake_depends "MSYS Makefiles" /C/Users/myself/Desktop/dll_test/with_fortran_cmake /C/Users/myself/Desktop/dll_test/with_fortran_cmake /C/Users/myself/Desktop/dll_test/with_fortran_cmake/build /C/Users/myself/Desktop/dll_test/with_fortran_cmake/build /C/Users/myself/Desktop/dll_test/with_fortran_cmake/build/CMakeFiles/testf.dir/DependInfo.cmake --color=
Scanning dependencies of target testf
make[2]: Leaving directory '/c/Users/myself/Desktop/dll_test/with_fortran_cmake/build'
make -f CMakeFiles/testf.dir/build.make CMakeFiles/testf.dir/requires
make[2]: Entering directory '/c/Users/myself/Desktop/dll_test/with_fortran_cmake/build'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'CMakeFiles/testf.dir/requires'.
make[2]: Leaving directory '/c/Users/myself/Desktop/dll_test/with_fortran_cmake/build'
make -f CMakeFiles/testf.dir/build.make CMakeFiles/testf.dir/build
make[2]: Entering directory '/c/Users/myself/Desktop/dll_test/with_fortran_cmake/build'
[ 50%] Building Fortran object CMakeFiles/testf.dir/test.f90.obj
/C/msys64/usr/bin/gfortran.exe -c /C/Users/myself/Desktop/dll_test/with_fortran_cmake/test.f90 -o CMakeFiles/testf.dir/test.f90.obj
[100%] Linking Fortran executable testf.exe
"/C/Program Files (x86)/CMake/bin/cmake.exe" -E remove -f CMakeFiles/testf.dir/objects.a
/C/msys64/usr/bin/ar.exe cr CMakeFiles/testf.dir/objects.a #CMakeFiles/testf.dir/objects1.rsp
/C/msys64/usr/bin/gfortran.exe -Wl,--whole-archive CMakeFiles/testf.dir/objects.a -Wl,--no-whole-archive -o testf.exe -Wl,--out-implib,libtestf.dll.a -Wl,--major-image-version,0,--minor-image-version,0
make[2]: Leaving directory '/c/Users/myself/Desktop/dll_test/with_fortran_cmake/build'
[100%] Built target testf
make[1]: Leaving directory '/c/Users/myself/Desktop/dll_test/with_fortran_cmake/build'
"/C/Program Files (x86)/CMake/bin/cmake.exe" -E cmake_progress_start /C/Users/myself/Desktop/dll_test/with_fortran_cmake/build/CMakeFiles 0
And the resulting program works both via the MSYS2 terminal and a Windows command prompt.
...Now I need to figure out how to get this all together with C++ in Visual Studio. Stay tuned for more SO questions! :D

Using CMake with Eclipse CDT and Cygwin on Windows

For a new project we want to use CMake. We are using Eclipse CDT as IDE and Cygwin gcc.
We generated the CMakeLists.txt and followed [this tutorial (option 2)][1].
When I try to run the described Make target to generate the Makefiles with CMake, which executes
cmake -E chdir C:/projects/eclipse_ws/MyApp/Build/ cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" ../ Run CMake
I get the error
CMake Error: The source directory "C:/projects/eclipse_ws/MyApp/Build/CMake" does not exist.
If I run the command directly from a Cygwin console it works just fine, however then I have to run make also from the Cygwin console, because the Makefiles are generated with Unix paths.
EDIT:
So I fixed this issue (see my answer below).
But I'm still having problems.
When I try to run CMake as Make target in Eclipse as suggested in the tutorial I get the following errors:
cmake -E chdir Build/ cmake -G 'Unix Makefiles' ../
-- The C compiler identification is unknown
-- The CXX compiler identification is unknown
System is unknown to cmake, create:
Platform/MINGW32_NT-6.1 to use this system, please send your config file to cmake#www.cmake.org so it can be added to cmake
Your CMakeCache.txt file was copied to CopyOfCMakeCache.txt. Please send that file to cmake#www.cmake.org.
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc.exe
System is unknown to cmake, create:
Platform/MINGW32_NT-6.1 to use this system, please send your config file to cmake#www.cmake.org so it can be added to cmake
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc.exe -- broken
CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-2.8.9/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:52 (MESSAGE):
The C compiler "/usr/bin/gcc.exe" is not able to compile a simple test
program.
It fails with the following output:
Change Dir: /cygdrive/c/projects/eclipse_ws/MyApp/Build/CMakeFiles CMakeTmp
Run Build Command:/usr/bin/make.exe "cmTryCompileExec726566634/fast"
/usr/bin/make -f CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec726566634.dir/build.make
CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec726566634.dir/build
make[1]: Entering directory
'/cygdrive/c/projects/eclipse_ws/MyApp/Build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp'
/usr/bin/cmake.exe -E cmake_progress_report
/cygdrive/c/projects/eclipse_ws/MyApp/Build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CMakeFiles
1
Building C object
CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec726566634.dir/testCCompiler.c.obj
/usr/bin/gcc.exe -o
CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec726566634.dir/testCCompiler.c.obj -c
/cygdrive/c/projects/eclipse_ws/MyApp/Build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/testCCompiler.c
CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec726566634.dir/build.make:60: recipe for target
'CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec726566634.dir/testCCompiler.c.obj' failed
make[1]: Leaving directory
'/cygdrive/c/projects/eclipse_ws/MyApp/Build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp'
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/cmTryCompileExec726566634.dir/testCCompiler.c.obj]
Error 1
Makefile:117: recipe for target 'cmTryCompileExec726566634/fast' failed
make: *** [cmTryCompileExec726566634/fast] Error 2
CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
CMakeLists.txt:3 (project)
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
Seems like for some reason CMake assumes I have an MinGW environment and not Cygwin.
EDIT2
MinGW system was assumed, because a Git installation was in PATH before Cygwin and Git's uname command was used (which returns MinGW).
If you check "Make Target - Same as the target name" in Eclipse's Make dialog, Eclipse will add a
Run CMake
to the command (see question), which is misinterpreted by CMake.
I just unchecked "Same as the target name".