>>>>> Martin Maechler
>>>>> on Wed, 10 May 2023 21:31:29 +0200 writes:
>>>>> Dirk Eddelbuettel
>>>>> on Wed, 10 May 2023 07:01:37 -0500 writes:
>> Simon,
>> Explicitly declaring
>> SystemRequirements: cmake
>> appears to be insufficient to get a build on the
>> (otherwise lovely to have) 'macOS builder', and leads to
>> failure on (at least) 'r-oldrel-macos-x86_64'.
>> Would it be possible to actually have cmake installed?
>> These daus cmake is for better or worse becoming a
>> standard, and I rely on it for one (new) package to
>> correctly configure a library. It would be nice to be
>> able to rely on it on macOS too.
> Somewhat 'ditto' from here {about wanting 'cmake' to
> become +/- standard tool for R packages use, *not* at all
> related to macOS} :
> The SuiteSparse C library on parts of which our Matrix
> package builds extensively has also switched their setup
> to use cmake instead of make ... and this was actually one
> reason we have not yet updated to the latest versions of
> SuiteSparse for the Matrix package.
> As Matrix is formally recommended, I would even be happy
> if 'cmake' became a +/- required OS tool for R ...
I've been told in private that the above "be happy if"
may *not* be a good idea,
or rather even close to impossible as cmake seems to not fit
well, at all, with the quite sophisticated
autoconf -> configure -> make
setup we have with building R + recommended packages
cross-platform compatibly as well as possible.
Martin
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