CMake/Help/command/try_compile.rst
Chuck Atkins b15f4e9b86 try_compile: Propogate CMP0065 to the generated project.
Set policy CMP0065 to the value used in the calling project.

Set the the value of CMAKE_ENABLE_EXPORTS if set in the calling
project to initialize the target property appropriately.
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Try building some code.
Try Compiling Whole Projects
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
::
try_compile(RESULT_VAR <bindir> <srcdir>
<projectName> [<targetName>] [CMAKE_FLAGS <flags>...]
[OUTPUT_VARIABLE <var>])
Try building a project. The success or failure of the ``try_compile``,
i.e. ``TRUE`` or ``FALSE`` respectively, is returned in ``RESULT_VAR``.
In this form, ``<srcdir>`` should contain a complete CMake project with a
``CMakeLists.txt`` file and all sources. The ``<bindir>`` and ``<srcdir>``
will not be deleted after this command is run. Specify ``<targetName>`` to
build a specific target instead of the ``all`` or ``ALL_BUILD`` target. See
below for the meaning of other options.
Try Compiling Source Files
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
::
try_compile(RESULT_VAR <bindir> <srcfile|SOURCES srcfile...>
[CMAKE_FLAGS <flags>...]
[COMPILE_DEFINITIONS <defs>...]
[LINK_LIBRARIES <libs>...]
[OUTPUT_VARIABLE <var>]
[COPY_FILE <fileName> [COPY_FILE_ERROR <var>]])
Try building an executable from one or more source files. The success or
failure of the ``try_compile``, i.e. ``TRUE`` or ``FALSE`` respectively, is
returned in ``RESULT_VAR``.
In this form the user need only supply one or more source files that include a
definition for ``main``. CMake will create a ``CMakeLists.txt`` file to build
the source(s) as an executable that looks something like this::
add_definitions(<expanded COMPILE_DEFINITIONS from caller>)
include_directories(${INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES})
link_directories(${LINK_DIRECTORIES})
add_executable(cmTryCompileExec <srcfile>...)
target_link_libraries(cmTryCompileExec ${LINK_LIBRARIES})
The options are:
``CMAKE_FLAGS <flags>...``
Specify flags of the form ``-DVAR:TYPE=VALUE`` to be passed to
the ``cmake`` command-line used to drive the test build.
The above example shows how values for variables
``INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES``, ``LINK_DIRECTORIES``, and ``LINK_LIBRARIES``
are used.
``COMPILE_DEFINITIONS <defs>...``
Specify ``-Ddefinition`` arguments to pass to ``add_definitions``
in the generated test project.
``COPY_FILE <fileName>``
Copy the linked executable to the given ``<fileName>``.
``COPY_FILE_ERROR <var>``
Use after ``COPY_FILE`` to capture into variable ``<var>`` any error
message encountered while trying to copy the file.
``LINK_LIBRARIES <libs>...``
Specify libraries to be linked in the generated project.
The list of libraries may refer to system libraries and to
:ref:`Imported Targets <Imported Targets>` from the calling project.
If this option is specified, any ``-DLINK_LIBRARIES=...`` value
given to the ``CMAKE_FLAGS`` option will be ignored.
``OUTPUT_VARIABLE <var>``
Store the output from the build process the given variable.
In this version all files in ``<bindir>/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp`` will be
cleaned automatically. For debugging, ``--debug-trycompile`` can be
passed to ``cmake`` to avoid this clean. However, multiple sequential
``try_compile`` operations reuse this single output directory. If you use
``--debug-trycompile``, you can only debug one ``try_compile`` call at a time.
The recommended procedure is to protect all ``try_compile`` calls in your
project by ``if(NOT DEFINED RESULT_VAR)`` logic, configure with cmake
all the way through once, then delete the cache entry associated with
the try_compile call of interest, and then re-run cmake again with
``--debug-trycompile``.
Other Behavior Settings
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
If set, the following variables are passed in to the generated
try_compile CMakeLists.txt to initialize compile target properties with
default values:
* :variable:`CMAKE_ENABLE_EXPORTS`
* :variable:`CMAKE_LINK_SEARCH_START_STATIC`
* :variable:`CMAKE_LINK_SEARCH_END_STATIC`
* :variable:`CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE`
If :policy:`CMP0056` is set to ``NEW``, then
:variable:`CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS` is passed in as well.
The current setting of :policy:`CMP0065` is set in the generated project.
Set the :variable:`CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_CONFIGURATION` variable to choose
a build configuration.