CMake 3.29.0-rc4 is ready for testing
March 14, 2024
I am proud to announce the fourth CMake 3.29 release candidate.
https://cmake.org/download/
Documentation is available at:
https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.29
Release notes appear below and are also published at
https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.29/release/3.29.html
Release milestone is available at:
release milestone
Some of the more significant changes in CMake 3.29 are:
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The LLVM/Clang GNU-like frontend on Windows (“clang++”) may now be
used to compile “CUDA” language sources. -
TI Clang-based compilers are now supported with compiler id
“TIClang”. -
The “cmake_language(EXIT)” sub-command was added to terminate “cmake
-P” scripts with a specified exit code. -
The “export(SETUP)” sub-command was added to configure export sets.
Its “TARGET” option’s “XCFRAMEWORK_LOCATION” setting specifies the
location of a “.xcframework” that can be substituted for an
installed target. -
The “CMAKE_LINKER_TYPE” variable and corresponding “LINKER_TYPE”
target property were added to specify what linker to use with some
toolchains. -
A “CMAKE_TEST_LAUNCHER” variable and corresponding “TEST_LAUNCHER”
target property were added to specify a launcher to be used by
executable targets when invoked by tests added by the “add_test()”
command. -
The “ctest -j” option may now be given without a value to let ctest
choose a default level of parallelism, or with “0” to let ctest use
unbounded parallelism. The corresponding “CTEST_PARALLEL_LEVEL”
environment variable, if set to the empty string, is now equivalent
to passing “-j” with no value.
CMake 3.29 Release Notes
************************
Changes made since CMake 3.28 include the following.
New Features
============
Command-Line
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* "cmake(1)" "-E cat" can now print the standard input by passing the
"-" argument.
Generators
----------
* Visual Studio Generators now support selecting between the Intel
oneAPI Fortran compiler ("ifx") and the Intel classic Fortran
compiler ("ifort") using a "fortran=" field in
"CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET".
File-Based API
--------------
* The "cmake-file-api(7)" "codemodel" version 2 "version" field has
been updated to 2.7.
* The "cmake-file-api(7)" "codemodel" version 2 "target" object gained
a new "launchers" field.
Compilers
---------
* The LLVM/Clang GNU-like frontend on Windows ("clang++") may now be
used to compile "CUDA" language sources.
* Compilers targeting the GNU ABI on Windows (MinGW) may now be used
to compile Objective C ("OBJC") and Objective C++ ("OBJCXX"). These
include GNU compilers ("gcc" and "g++") and the LLVM/Clang GNU-like
frontends ("clang" and "clang++").
* TI Clang-based compilers are now supported with compiler id
"TIClang".
Commands
--------
* The add_custom_command(TARGET) signature now supports adding build
events through Alias Targets.
* The "cmake_language(EXIT)" sub-command was added to terminate "cmake
-P" scripts with a specified exit code.
* The "export(SETUP)" sub-command was added to configure export sets.
Its "TARGET" option's "XCFRAMEWORK_LOCATION" setting specifies the
location of a ".xcframework" that can be substituted for an
installed target.
* The "if()" command gained new tests "IS_READABLE", "IS_WRITABLE" and
"IS_EXECUTABLE" to check file or directory permissions.
Variables
---------
* The "CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX" environment variable was added to provide
a default value for the "CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX" variable.
* The "CMAKE_LINKER_TYPE" variable and corresponding "LINKER_TYPE"
target property were added to specify what linker to use with some
toolchains.
* The "CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_LINKER",
"CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_LINKER_ID",
"CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_LINKER_VERSION" and
"CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_LINKER_FRONTEND_VARIANT" variables were added
to describe the linker used by the language's link step.
* The "CMAKE_PROJECT_INCLUDE", "CMAKE_PROJECT_INCLUDE_BEFORE",
"CMAKE_PROJECT_<PROJECT-NAME>_INCLUDE", and "CMAKE_PROJECT_<PROJECT-
NAME>_INCLUDE_BEFORE" variables learned to support a semicolon-
separated list of CMake language files to be included sequentially.
These variables can also reference module names to be found in
"CMAKE_MODULE_PATH" or builtin to CMake.
* The "CMAKE_SKIP_TEST_ALL_DEPENDENCY" variable was added to control
whether the "test" (or "RUN_TESTS") buildsystem target depends on
the "all" (or "ALL_BUILD") target.
* A "CMAKE_TEST_LAUNCHER" variable and corresponding "TEST_LAUNCHER"
target property were added to specify a launcher to be used by
executable targets when invoked by tests added by the "add_test()"
command.
Properties
----------
* The "CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR" target property now supports
"generator expressions".
* The "UNITY_BUILD" target property now supports the Objective C
("OBJC") and Objective C++ ("OBJCXX") languages.
* The "XCODE_EMBED_XPC_SERVICES" target property was added to tell the
"Xcode" generator what targets to put in the "Embed XPC Resources"
build phase.
Modules
-------
* The "CMakePackageConfigHelpers" module gained new
"generate_apple_platform_selection_file()" and
"generate_apple_architecture_selection_file()" functions, which can
be used to generate a file that includes another Apple-platform-
specific file or the includes an architecture-specific
implementation of a package for an Apple platform, respectively.
* The "FindOpenGL" module learned to find a GLU include directory
different than the GL include directory. A new
"OPENGL_INCLUDE_DIRS" result variable provides all include
directories.
CTest
-----
* "ctest(1)" gained a "--http-header" option to add custom headers on
submission to CDash.
* "ctest(1)" gained the "--tests-from-file" and "--exclude-from-file"
options to run or exclude tests named in a file.
* "ctest(1)" now supports job server integration on POSIX systems.
* The "ctest -j" option may now be given without a value to let ctest
choose a default level of parallelism, or with "0" to let ctest use
unbounded parallelism. The corresponding "CTEST_PARALLEL_LEVEL"
environment variable, if set to the empty string, is now equivalent
to passing "-j" with no value.
* The "ctest_test()" command gained options "INCLUDE_FROM_FILE" and
"EXCLUDE_FROM_FILE" to run or exclude tests named in a file.
CPack
-----
* The "CPack DEB Generator" "CPACK_DEBIAN_FILE_NAME" variable may now
be set without any suffix, and the ".deb" suffix will be added
automatically.
* The "CPack RPM Generator" "CPACK_RPM_FILE_NAME" variable may now be
set without any suffix, and the ".rpm" suffix will be added
automatically.
* The "CPack WIX Generator" gained a new variable,
"CPACK_WIX_INSTALL_SCOPE", to control the "InstallScope" property of
WiX MSI installers.
Other Changes
=============
* CMake learned to de-duplicate libraries on link lines based on
linker capabilities. See policy "CMP0156".
* The "add_test()" command now honors "CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR"
only when cross-compiling. See policy "CMP0158".
* On Windows, when targeting the MSVC ABI, the "find_library()"
command now accepts ".a" file names after first considering ".lib".
This is symmetric with existing behavior when targeting the GNU ABI,
in which the command accepts ".lib" file names after first
considering ".a".
* On Windows, when targeting the MSVC ABI, the "find_library()"
command now considers ".dll.lib" file names before ".lib". This is
the default suffix for DLL import libraries created by Rust
toolchains for the MSVC ABI.
* The "Ninja" and "NMake Makefiles" generators now use the
"-external:I" flag for system includes when using IntelLLVM as of
version 2021.4. The "-external:W0" flag is also used as of version
2022.2.
* The "create_test_sourcelist()" command now provides a full path to
the generated driver source file.
* The "CPACK_PRODUCTBUILD_DOMAINS" variable now defaults to true. See
policy "CMP0161".
* The "CPack WIX Generator" now produces WiX MSI installers that
create start menu and uninstall entries for all users by default, as
documented by the "CPACK_WIX_INSTALL_SCOPE" variable "perMachine"
value. Previously, without a custom WiX template, it produced
installers that would only create start menu and uninstall entries
for the current user, even though they install for all users.
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Changes made since CMake 3.29.0-rc3:
Adrian Pop (1):
GET_RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES: Allow more whitespace before objdump's "DLL Name:"
Alexander Neumann (1):
ASM_MARMASM: Remove broken partial support for preprocessor defines
Ben Boeckel (1):
Tests/CXXModules: add a test using `TARGET_OBJECTS` from modules
Brad King (20):
Tests: Generalize ctest tests-from-file test cases
ctest: Exit with failure when tests-from-file input is missing
Tests: Make ctest tests-from-file expected output more precise
ctest: Honor tests-from-file options with empty input
ctest: Remove unnecessary and ambiguous tests-from-file comment syntax
Help: Improve ctest tests-from-file documentation wording and wrapping
Tests: Convert CTestTestSerialOrder to RunCMake.ctest_test case
Tests: Convert CTestTestSkipReturnCode to RunCMake.ctest_test case
Tests: Remove unnecessary parallel suppression from CTestCoverageCollectGCOV
cmCTestMultiProcessHandler: Modernize member initialization
ctest: Allow passing -j without value to choose a contextual default
install(EXPORT): Drop REQUIRED from exported find_dependency calls
Tests: Update RunCMake.CompileFeatures for Xcode 15.3
Tests: Update RunCMake.CheckCompilerFlag for Xcode 15.3
gitlab-ci: update macOS jobs to use Xcode 15.3
LinkerId: Update detection of linker tool for Xcode 15.3
EXPORT_PACKAGE_DEPENDENCIES: Add experimental feature gate
Autogen: Restore target-ordering dependencies in Makefiles with DEPFILE
cmQtAutoGenInitializer: De-duplicate autogen/timestamp target depend logic
CMake 3.29.0-rc4
Charlie Savage (2):
FindRuby: Add support for 3.3
FindRuby: Fix finding Ruby 3.1+ on Windows
Craig Scott (1):
FetchContent: Don't leak temporary variable and restore var robustly
Marc Chevrier (4):
LINKER_TYPE: Document that linker tool should be in the PATH
LINKER_TYPE: fix spelling error in message
LINKER_TYPE: Support MOLD only on GCC versions that support it
Apple Text Based Stubs: should be usage in subdirectories
scivision (1):
Help: Convert http URLs to https