CMake 2.8.8 will be required for kdelibs 4.10 starting October 30th

[Alexander Neundorf]

On Thursday 18 October 2012, Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> in kdelibs we require since more than 2 years cmake .2.6.4, since then many
> improvements and fixes have gone into cmake, and we cannot make use of
> them.
> 
> These are e.g.
> * builtin automoc
> * support for creating proper Config.cmake files
> * ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}
> and many many more.
> 
> So, after the discussion we had here on this list,
> starting October 30th CMake 2.8.8 or newer will be required for building
> kdelibs 4.10.
> 
> If it is not yet available in your distribution, simply wget and untar it:
> 
> $ wget http://www.cmake.org/files/v2.8/cmake-2.8.9-Linux-i386.tar.gz
> $ su
> $ cd /opt
> $ tar -zxvf path/to/cmake-2.8.9-Linux-i386.tar.gz
> ...
> $ /opt/cmake-2.8.9-Linux-i386/bin/cmake ...all your arguments


just as a reminder, this is Tuesday next week.

Alex