example for using clang and ninja

01-basic/I-compiling-with-clang/CMakeLists.txt

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+# Set the minimum version of CMake that can be used
+# To find the cmake version run
+# $ cmake --version
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
+
+# Set the project name
+project (hello_cmake)
+
+# Add an executable
+add_executable(hello_cmake main.cpp)

01-basic/I-compiling-with-clang/README.adoc

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+= Compiling with clang
+:toc:
+:toc-placement!:
+
+toc::[]
+
+# Introduction
+
+When building with CMake, it is possible to set the C and C++ compiler. This example
+is the same as the link:../A-hello-cmake[hello-cmake] example exccept shows the most basic
+method of changing the compiler from the default gcc to clang.
+
+The files in this tutorial are below:
+
+```
+A-hello-cmake$ tree
+.
+├── CMakeLists.txt
+├── main.cpp
+```
+
+  * CMakeLists.txt - Contains the CMake commands you wish to run
+  * main.cpp - A simple "Hello World" cpp file.
+
+# Concepts
+
+### Compiler Option
+
+CMake exposes options to control the programs used to compile and link your code. These
+programs include:
+
+  * CMAKE_C_COMPILER - The program used to compile c code.
+  * CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER - The program used to compile c++ code.
+  * CMAKE_LINKER - The program used to link your binary.
+
+[NOTE]
+====
+In this example clang-3.6 is installed via the command `sudo apt-get install clang-3.6`
+====
+
+[NOTE]
+====
+This is the most basic and easiest way to invoke clang. Future examples will show better
+ways to invoke the compiler.
+====
+
+
+### Setting Flags
+
+As described in the link:../F-build-type[Build Type] example, you can set CMake options
+using either a cmake gui or by passing from the command line.
+
+Below is an example of passing the compiler via the command line.
+
+[source,cmake]
+----
+cmake .. -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang-3.6 -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++-3.6
+----
+
+After setting these options when your run `make` clang will be used to compile your binary. This
+can be seen from the following lines in the make output.
+
+[source,bash]
+----
+/usr/bin/clang++-3.6     -o CMakeFiles/hello_cmake.dir/main.cpp.o -c /home/matrim/workspace/cmake-examples/01-basic/I-compiling-with-clang/main.cpp
+Linking CXX executable hello_cmake
+/usr/bin/cmake -E cmake_link_script CMakeFiles/hello_cmake.dir/link.txt --verbose=1
+/usr/bin/clang++-3.6       CMakeFiles/hello_cmake.dir/main.cpp.o  -o hello_cmake -rdynamic
+----
+
+
+
+# Building the Examples
+
+Below is sample output from building this example.
+
+[source,bash]
+----
+$ mkdir build.clang
+
+$ cd build.clang/
+
+$ cmake .. -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang-3.6 -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++-3.6
+-- The C compiler identification is Clang 3.6.0
+-- The CXX compiler identification is Clang 3.6.0
+-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/clang-3.6
+-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/clang-3.6 -- works
+-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
+-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
+-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/clang++-3.6
+-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/clang++-3.6 -- works
+-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
+-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
+-- Configuring done
+-- Generating done
+-- Build files have been written to: /home/matrim/workspace/cmake-examples/01-basic/I-compiling-with-clang/build.clang
+
+$ make VERBOSE=1
+/usr/bin/cmake -H/home/matrim/workspace/cmake-examples/01-basic/I-compiling-with-clang -B/home/matrim/workspace/cmake-examples/01-basic/I-compiling-with-clang/build.clang --check-build-system CMakeFiles/Makefile.cmake 0
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+make -f CMakeFiles/Makefile2 all
+make[1]: Entering directory `/home/matrim/workspace/cmake-examples/01-basic/I-compiling-with-clang/build.clang'
+make -f CMakeFiles/hello_cmake.dir/build.make CMakeFiles/hello_cmake.dir/depend
+make[2]: Entering directory `/home/matrim/workspace/cmake-examples/01-basic/I-compiling-with-clang/build.clang'
+cd /home/matrim/workspace/cmake-examples/01-basic/I-compiling-with-clang/build.clang && /usr/bin/cmake -E cmake_depends "Unix Makefiles" /home/matrim/workspace/cmake-examples/01-basic/I-compiling-with-clang /home/matrim/workspace/cmake-examples/01-basic/I-compiling-with-clang /home/matrim/workspace/cmake-examples/01-basic/I-compiling-with-clang/build.clang /home/matrim/workspace/cmake-examples/01-basic/I-compiling-with-clang/build.clang /home/matrim/workspace/cmake-examples/01-basic/I-compiling-with-clang/build.clang/CMakeFiles/hello_cmake.dir/DependInfo.cmake --color=
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+Dependee "/home/matrim/workspace/cmake-examples/01-basic/I-compiling-with-clang/build.clang/CMakeFiles/CMakeDirectoryInformation.cmake" is newer than depender "/home/matrim/workspace/cmake-examples/01-basic/I-compiling-with-clang/build.clang/CMakeFiles/hello_cmake.dir/depend.internal".
+Scanning dependencies of target hello_cmake
+make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/matrim/workspace/cmake-examples/01-basic/I-compiling-with-clang/build.clang'
+make -f CMakeFiles/hello_cmake.dir/build.make CMakeFiles/hello_cmake.dir/build
+make[2]: Entering directory `/home/matrim/workspace/cmake-examples/01-basic/I-compiling-with-clang/build.clang'
+/usr/bin/cmake -E cmake_progress_report /home/matrim/workspace/cmake-examples/01-basic/I-compiling-with-clang/build.clang/CMakeFiles 1
+[100%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/hello_cmake.dir/main.cpp.o
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+Linking CXX executable hello_cmake
+/usr/bin/cmake -E cmake_link_script CMakeFiles/hello_cmake.dir/link.txt --verbose=1
+/usr/bin/clang++-3.6       CMakeFiles/hello_cmake.dir/main.cpp.o  -o hello_cmake -rdynamic
+make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/matrim/workspace/cmake-examples/01-basic/I-compiling-with-clang/build.clang'
+/usr/bin/cmake -E cmake_progress_report /home/matrim/workspace/cmake-examples/01-basic/I-compiling-with-clang/build.clang/CMakeFiles  1
+[100%] Built target hello_cmake
+make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/matrim/workspace/cmake-examples/01-basic/I-compiling-with-clang/build.clang'
+/usr/bin/cmake -E cmake_progress_start /home/matrim/workspace/cmake-examples/01-basic/I-compiling-with-clang/build.clang/CMakeFiles 0
+
+$ ./hello_cmake
+Hello CMake!
+----

01-basic/I-compiling-with-clang/main.cpp

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+#include <iostream>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+   std::cout << "Hello CMake!" << std::endl;
+   return 0;
+}

01-basic/I-compiling-with-clang/run_test.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+# Ubuntu supports multiple versions of clang to be installed at the same time.
+# The tests need to determin the clang binary before calling cmake
+clang_bin=`which clang`
+clang_xx_bin="clang++"
+
+if [ -z $clang_bin ]; then
+    clang_ver=`dpkg --get-selections | grep clang | grep -v -m1 libclang | cut -f1 | cut -d '-' -f2`
+    clang_bin="clang-$clang_ver"
+    clang_xx_bin="clang++-$clang_ver"
+fi
+
+echo "Will use clang [$clang_bin] and clang++ [$clang_xx_bin]"
+
+
+mkdir -p build.clang && cd build.clang && \
+    cmake .. -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$clang_bin -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$clang_xx_bin && make

01-basic/J-building-with-ninja/CMakeLists.txt

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+# Set the minimum version of CMake that can be used
+# To find the cmake version run
+# $ cmake --version
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
+
+# Set the project name
+project (hello_cmake)
+
+# Add an executable
+add_executable(hello_cmake main.cpp)

01-basic/J-building-with-ninja/README.adoc

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+= Building with ninja
+:toc:
+:toc-placement!:
+
+toc::[]
+
+# Introduction
+
+As mentioned in the introduction, CMake is a meta-build system that can be used to
+ create the build files for many other build tools. This example shows how
+ to have CMake use the https://ninja-build.org/[ninja build] tool.
+
+The files in this tutorial are below:
+
+```
+A-hello-cmake$ tree
+.
+├── CMakeLists.txt
+├── main.cpp
+```
+
+  * CMakeLists.txt - Contains the CMake commands you wish to run
+  * main.cpp - A simple "Hello World" cpp file.
+
+# Concepts
+
+### Generators
+
+CMake https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.0/manual/cmake-generators.7.html[generators] are
+responsible for writing the input files (e.g. Makefiles) for the underlying build system. Running `cmake --help`
+will show the generators available. For cmake v2.8.12.2 the generators supported
+on my system include:
+
+[source,bash]
+----
+Generators
+
+The following generators are available on this platform:
+  Unix Makefiles              = Generates standard UNIX makefiles.
+  Ninja                       = Generates build.ninja files (experimental).
+  CodeBlocks - Ninja          = Generates CodeBlocks project files.
+  CodeBlocks - Unix Makefiles = Generates CodeBlocks project files.
+  Eclipse CDT4 - Ninja        = Generates Eclipse CDT 4.0 project files.
+  Eclipse CDT4 - Unix Makefiles
+                              = Generates Eclipse CDT 4.0 project files.
+  KDevelop3                   = Generates KDevelop 3 project files.
+  KDevelop3 - Unix Makefiles  = Generates KDevelop 3 project files.
+  Sublime Text 2 - Ninja      = Generates Sublime Text 2 project files.
+  Sublime Text 2 - Unix Makefiles
+                              = Generates Sublime Text 2 project files.Generators
+----
+
+As specified in this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25941536/what-is-a-cmake-generator[post],
+CMake includes different types of generators such as Command-Line, IDE, and Extra generators.
+
+#### Command-Line Build Tool Generators
+
+These generators are for command-line build tools, like Make and Ninja. The chosen tool chain must be configured prior to generating the build system with CMake.
+
+The supported generators include:
+
+  * Borland Makefiles
+  * MSYS Makefiles
+  * MinGW Makefiles
+  * NMake Makefiles
+  * NMake Makefiles JOM
+  * Ninja
+  * Unix Makefiles
+  * Watcom WMake
+
+#### IDE Build Tool Generators
+
+These generators are for Integrated Development Environments that include their own compiler. Examples are Visual Studio and Xcode which include a compiler natively.
+
+The supported generators include:
+
+  * Visual Studio 6
+  * Visual Studio 7
+  * Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003
+  * Visual Studio 8 2005
+  * Visual Studio 9 2008
+  * Visual Studio 10 2010
+  * Visual Studio 11 2012
+  * Visual Studio 12 2013
+  * Xcode
+
+#### Extra Generators
+
+These are generators create a configuration to work with an alternative IDE tool and must be included with either an IDE or Command-Line generator.
+
+The supported generators include:
+
+ * CodeBlocks
+ * CodeLite
+ * Eclipse CDT4
+ * KDevelop3
+ * Kate
+ * Sublime Text 2
+
+
+[NOTE]
+====
+In this example ninja is installed via the command `sudo apt-get install ninja-build`
+====
+
+### Calling a Generator
+
+To call a CMake generator you can use the `-G` command line switch, for example:
+
+[source,cmake]
+----
+cmake .. -G Ninja
+----
+
+After doing the above CMake will generate the required Ninja build files, which can be run
+from using the `ninja` command.
+
+[source,bash]
+----
+$ cmake .. -G Ninja
+
+$ ls
+build.ninja  CMakeCache.txt  CMakeFiles  cmake_install.cmake  rules.ninja
+----
+
+# Building the Examples
+
+Below is sample output from building this example.
+
+[source,bash]
+----
+$ mkdir build.ninja
+
+$ cd build.ninja/
+
+$ cmake .. -G Ninja
+-- The C compiler identification is GNU 4.8.4
+-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 4.8.4
+-- Check for working C compiler using: Ninja
+-- Check for working C compiler using: Ninja -- works
+-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
+-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
+-- Check for working CXX compiler using: Ninja
+-- Check for working CXX compiler using: Ninja -- works
+-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
+-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
+-- Configuring done
+-- Generating done
+-- Build files have been written to: /home/matrim/workspace/cmake-examples/01-basic/J-building-with-ninja/build.ninja
+
+$ ninja -v
+[1/2] /usr/bin/c++     -MMD -MT CMakeFiles/hello_cmake.dir/main.cpp.o -MF "CMakeFiles/hello_cmake.dir/main.cpp.o.d" -o CMakeFiles/hello_cmake.dir/main.cpp.o -c ../main.cpp
+[2/2] : && /usr/bin/c++      CMakeFiles/hello_cmake.dir/main.cpp.o  -o hello_cmake  -rdynamic && :
+
+$ ls
+build.ninja  CMakeCache.txt  CMakeFiles  cmake_install.cmake  hello_cmake  rules.ninja
+
+$ ./hello_cmake
+Hello CMake!
+----

01-basic/J-building-with-ninja/main.cpp

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+#include <iostream>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+   std::cout << "Hello CMake!" << std::endl;
+   return 0;
+}

01-basic/J-building-with-ninja/run_test.sh

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+mkdir -p build.ninja && cd build.ninja && \
+    cmake .. -G Ninja && ninja