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xPack CMake v3.18.6-1 released

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Liviu Ionescu (ilg)
Liviu Ionescu (ilg)

Version 3.18.6-1 is a new release of the xPack CMake package, following the CMake release.

The xPack CMake is the xPack distribution of the CMake build system.

There are binaries for x64 Windows, macOS (Intel 64-bit) and GNU/Linux (Intel 32/64-bit, Arm 32/64-bit).

Raspberry Pi

The main targets for the GNU/Linux Arm binaries are the Raspberry Pi class devices (armv7l and aarch64; armv6 is not supported).

Download​

The binary files are available from GitHub Releases.

note

For consistency with the Node.js naming conventions, the names of the Intel 32-bit images are now suffixed with -ia32.

Install​

The full details of installing the xPack CMake on various platforms are presented in the Install Guide.

Compliance​

The xPack CMake is based on the official CMake, without any changes.

The current version is based on:

  • CMake release 3.18.6 from Feb 11th, 2021.

Changes​

Compared to the upstream version, the Windows version also supports spawning scripts via cmd.exe /c. These scripts are used by npm/xpm to redirect invocations to the global xPacks store.

Bug fixes​

  • none

Enhancements​

  • none

Known problems​

  • none

Documentation​

The current version specific CMake documentation is available in each packet:

  • doc/cmake-X.Y/html/index.html

and online from:

Supported platforms​

Binaries for Windows, macOS and GNU/Linux are provided.

The binaries were built using the xPack Build Box (XBB), a set of build environments based on slightly older distributions, that should be compatible with most recent systems.

  • x86/x64 GNU/Linux: all binaries were built with GCC 9.3, running in an Ubuntu 12 Docker container
  • arm64/arm GNU/Linux: all binaries were built with GCC 9.3, running in an Ubuntu 16 Docker container (added in mid-2020)
  • x86/x64 Windows: all binaries were built with mingw-w64 GCC 9.3, running in an Ubuntu 12 Docker container
  • x64 macOS: all binaries were built with GCC 9.3, running in a separate folder on macOS 10.10.5.

Build​

The scripts used to build this distribution are in:

  • distro-info/scripts

For the prerequisites and more details on the build procedure, please see the README-MAINTAINER page.

Travis tests​

The first set of tests were performed on Travis, by running a simple script to check if the binaries start on a wide range of platforms and distributions:

Tests​

TBD

Checksums​

The SHA-256 hashes for the files are:

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xpack-cmake-3.18.6-1-win32-x64.zip

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