[sword-devel] Fwd: cmake patches

Mon Aug 18 05:24:14 EDT 2025

Any idea when cmake build will be fixed & improved?
Recent svn version can not be built with cmake. Minimum change to at least
finish configure requires:

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 676353b5..bd3e6f81 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@
 # of their own GPLv2 license and all copyright is transferred to them for
 # all posterity and eternity, wherever such transfer is possible.  Where
it is
 # not, then this file is released under the GPLv2 by myself.
+CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 3.10.0)

 CMAKE_POLICY(SET CMP0010 NEW)
 include(FindSubversion)
 Subversion_WC_INFO(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} MYSVN IGNORE_SVN_FAILURE)

 PROJECT(libsword CXX C)
-CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.6.0)
+
 SET(SWORD_VERSION 1.9.0)
 if(DEFINED MYSVN_WC_REVISION)
        SET(SWORD_VERSION ${SWORD_VERSION}.${MYSVN_WC_REVISION})

--Zdenko

On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 at 19:25, Greg Hellings <greg.hellings at gmail.com> wrote:

> Indeed. It's not a principled stand that I'm refusing to get Subversion
> going. It's simply that it's too much work that I haven't bothered and
> don't foresee doing so anytime soon.
>
> And, with no setup to automatically test the scripts in all the
> environments they must support, it's not likely others are willing to
> commit this on my behalf.
>
> --Greg
>
> On Sun, Mar 12, 2023, 09:42 Peter von Kaehne <refdoc at gmx.net> wrote:
>
>> I think you misunderstood Greg.
>>
>> There is a long campaign and strong feeling to have the project on Git
>> but there is no agreement or movement to that. And it seems Greg is pausing
>> his contributions until that matter is resolved.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> Sent from my phone. Please forgive misspellings and weird “corrections”
>>
>> On 12 Mar 2023, at 15:51, ZdPo Ster <zdposter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> I am sorry, but I did not get the point of your reply.
>> I do not use subversion - I use git-svn as proposed several months ago on
>> this forum. But current cmake configuration expects everybody to use
>> subversion, which is wrong.
>> These patches improve cmake build:
>>
>>    -  that will work also with git-svn
>>    - MSVC build
>>    - fix depreciated
>>
>> AFAIK it should cause no harm for other combinations, just improve
>> current state.
>>
>> Zdenko
>>
>> On Thu, 9 Mar 2023 at 23:18, Greg Hellings <greg.hellings at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I've never bothered to get Subversion setup on my local machine.
>>> Remembering the setup, plus my credentials, and how to use it is more labor
>>> than I've been willing to spend on this effort. If, in the future, I
>>> overcome that inertia then I'll happily test and apply this patch.
>>>
>>> --Greg
>>>
>>> On Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 5:34 AM ZdPo Ster <zdposter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Any update on this (after 3.5 months)?
>>>>
>>>> Zdenko
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 at 21:53, Greg Hellings <greg.hellings at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks. I am not privy to the patches email inbox, so this mailing
>>>>> list is the way to reach me for CMake things. I'll review these when I have
>>>>> the opportunity.
>>>>>
>>>>> --Greg
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Nov 26, 2022, 13:46 Peter von Kaehne <refdoc at gmx.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How to suggest improvements to the sword project?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You did it the right way. It just is a bit on/off as a project.
>>>>>> GHellings is the cmake pumpkin holder as far as I know. I bcc him on a
>>>>>> different email address.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Peter
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BR,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Zdenko
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>>>>> From: ZdPo Ster <zdposter at gmail.com>
>>>>>> Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2022 at 22:22
>>>>>> Subject: cmake patches
>>>>>> To: <patches at crosswire.org>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> please find 3 few patches related to cmake build (tested on windows
>>>>>> with MSVC 2019):
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    1. cmake_fix_deprecation.patch - cmake version 3.23.2 produce
>>>>>>    depreciation warning for old minimum version, co IMO it is time to increase
>>>>>>    expected cmake version
>>>>>>    2. cmake_fix_msvc.patch - there is no "/O3" options in current
>>>>>>    MSVC[1]
>>>>>>    3. cmake_git_svn.patch - I use git svn for accessing code, but
>>>>>>    cmake produce error because of missing svn executable. He is patch that
>>>>>>    fixed it + code for detecting svn revision (MYSVN_WC_REVISION) from git
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [1]
>>>>>> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/o-options-optimize-code?view=msvc-160
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Zdenko
>>>>>>
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