[Rock-dev] Rock CMAKE macros not working under windows

[Sylvain Joyeux]

It seems that mklink /D creates symbolic links for directories ...
Don't know why nobody seem to mention it in the cmake threads I read
...

Sylvain

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 5:40 AM, Michael Rohn <Michael.Rohn at dfki.de> wrote:
> On the cmake bugtracker you will find some bug reports about this
> problem. I think there is no cmake solution and it is not planed to fix
> this in the near future by the cmake developers.
>
> So we have to handle it on our own.
>
> Greetings
> Michael
>
> Am 14.10.2014 um 10:03 schrieb Janosch Machowinski:
>> One needs admin rights to create junction points.
>> The only command runnable as a normal user is
>> mklink /J
>> I'll try to figure out if this is sufficient. Anyway, I was
>> more looking for a native cmake solution...
>> Greetings
>>       Janosch
>>
>>
>> Am 13.10.2014 um 16:43 schrieb Sylvain Joyeux:
>>>   From quickly googling about it, it seems that we would need to replace
>>> the create_symlinks call on windows by a junction creation (given what
>>> we do, should work fine, but someone should please check it out). We
>>> would be limited to NTFS.
>>>
>>> Sylvain
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 5:43 AM, Janosch Machowinski
>>> <Janosch.Machowinski at dfki.de> wrote:
>>>> Hey,
>>>> the Rock CMAKE macros do not work under windows, which
>>>> is especially bad for base/types. The root of the problem is the
>>>> creation of symlinks, which is not supported on windows :
>>>> e.g. :  cmake -E create_symlink
>>>> Anyone an idea how to overcome this issue, without changing
>>>> the current setup ?
>>>> Greetings
>>>>        Janosch
>>>>
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