# Returns the minimum supported CMake version required to build Qt as originally advertised by Qt. function(qt_internal_get_qt_supported_minimum_cmake_version out_var) # QT_MIN_SUPPORTED_CMAKE_VERSION is set either in .cmake.conf or in QtBuildInternalsExtras.cmake # when building a child repo. set(supported_version "${QT_MIN_SUPPORTED_CMAKE_VERSION}") set(${out_var} "${supported_version}" PARENT_SCOPE) endfunction() # Returns the computed minimum supported CMake version required to build Qt. function(qt_internal_get_computed_minimum_cmake_version out_var) qt_internal_get_qt_supported_minimum_cmake_version(min_supported_version) set(computed_min_version "${min_supported_version}") # Set in QtBuildInternalsExtras.cmake. if(QT_COMPUTED_MIN_CMAKE_VERSION) set(computed_min_version "${QT_COMPUTED_MIN_CMAKE_VERSION}") endif() # An explicit override for those that take it upon themselves to fix the build system # when using a CMake version lower than the one officially supported. # Also useful for build testing locally with different minimum versions to observe different # policy behaviors. if(QT_FORCE_MIN_CMAKE_VERSION) set(computed_min_version "${QT_FORCE_MIN_CMAKE_VERSION}") endif() set(${out_var} "${computed_min_version}" PARENT_SCOPE) endfunction() # Returns the oldest CMake version for which NEW policies should be enabled. # It can be older than the minimum supported or computed CMake version, as it # is only used for policy settings. The currently running CMake must not be # older than this version though (doing so will result in an error). function(qt_internal_get_min_new_policy_cmake_version out_var) # QT_MIN_NEW_POLICY_CMAKE_VERSION is set either in .cmake.conf or in # QtBuildInternalsExtras.cmake when building a child repo. set(lower_version "${QT_MIN_NEW_POLICY_CMAKE_VERSION}") set(${out_var} "${lower_version}" PARENT_SCOPE) endfunction() # Returns the latest CMake version for which NEW policies should be enabled. # This cannot be less than the minimum CMake policy version or we will end up # specifying a version range with the max less than the min. function(qt_internal_get_max_new_policy_cmake_version out_var) # QT_MAX_NEW_POLICY_CMAKE_VERSION is set either in .cmake.conf or in # QtBuildInternalsExtras.cmake when building a child repo. set(upper_version "${QT_MAX_NEW_POLICY_CMAKE_VERSION}") qt_internal_get_min_new_policy_cmake_version(lower_version) if(upper_version VERSION_LESS lower_version) set(upper_version ${lower_version}) endif() set(${out_var} "${upper_version}" PARENT_SCOPE) endfunction() function(qt_internal_check_for_suitable_cmake_version) # Implementation note. # The very first cmake_minimum_required() call can't be placed in an include()d file. # It causes CMake to fail to configure with 'No cmake_minimum_required command is present.' # The first cmake_minimum_required() must be called directly in the top-level CMakeLists.txt # file. # That's why this function only handles output of warnings, and doesn't try to set the required # version. qt_internal_check_minimum_cmake_version() qt_internal_warn_about_unsuitable_cmake_versions() endfunction() # Function to be used in child repos like qtsvg to require a minimum CMake version. # # Such repos don't have the required version information at cmake_minimum_required() time, that's # why we provide this function to be called at a time when the info is available. function(qt_internal_require_suitable_cmake_version) qt_internal_check_for_suitable_cmake_version() qt_internal_get_computed_minimum_cmake_version(computed_min_version) if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS computed_min_version) message(FATAL_ERROR "CMake ${computed_min_version} or higher is required. " "You are running version ${CMAKE_VERSION}") endif() endfunction() function(qt_internal_check_minimum_cmake_version) qt_internal_get_qt_supported_minimum_cmake_version(min_supported_version) qt_internal_get_computed_minimum_cmake_version(computed_min_version) if(NOT min_supported_version STREQUAL computed_min_version AND computed_min_version VERSION_LESS min_supported_version) message(WARNING "The minimum required CMake version to build Qt is '${min_supported_version}'. " "You have explicitly chosen to require a lower minimum CMake version, namely '${computed_min_version}'. " "Building Qt with such a CMake version is not officially supported. Use at your own risk.") endif() endfunction() function(qt_internal_warn_about_unsuitable_cmake_versions) set(unsuitable_versions "") # Touching a library's source file causes unnecessary rebuilding of unrelated targets. # https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/21020 list(APPEND unsuitable_versions "3.18.0") # Ninja Multi-Config race condition overrides response files of different configurations # https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/20961 # https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/21050 (follow up issue) list(APPEND unsuitable_versions "3.18.1") # AUTOMOC dependencies are not properly created when using Ninja Multi-Config. # https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/21118 # # Also until 3.18.2 inclusive, AUTOMOC dependencies are out-of-date if a previously header # disappears (for example when upgrading a compiler) # https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/21136 # # Also multi-arch PCH doesn't work on iOS. Can't quite find the original upstream CMake issue # but the Qt one was detected at https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qt5/+/310947 # And a follow up issue regarding PCH and -fembed-bitcode failing. # https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/21163 list(APPEND unsuitable_versions "3.18.2") # Cyclic dependencies are created when mixing AUTOMOC/AUTOUIC with sources # that have their SKIP_MOC or SKIP_UIC source file properties set to true. # https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/21977 list(APPEND unsuitable_versions "3.20.0") # AUTOMOC can crash or hang when using a Qt that supports moc depfiles. # Issues reported on Windows with Ninja and Makefiles, but it could be happening # on other platforms too. # https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/22014 list(APPEND unsuitable_versions "3.20.1") foreach(unsuitable_version ${unsuitable_versions}) if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL unsuitable_version) message(WARNING "The CMake version you are using is known to cause issues when building Qt. " "Please upgrade to a newer version. " "CMake version used: '${unsuitable_version}'") endif() endforeach() # Ninja Multi-Config was introduced in 3.17, but we recommend 3.18. set(min_nmc_cmake_version "3.18.3") if(CMAKE_GENERATOR STREQUAL "Ninja Multi-Config" AND CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS ${min_nmc_cmake_version}) message(WARNING "You are using CMake ${CMAKE_VERSION} with the Ninja Multi-Config generator. " "This combination is unsupported. " "Please upgrade to at least CMake ${min_nmc_cmake_version}. ") endif() endfunction() # Functions don't have their own policy scope, so the policy settings modified # here will be those of the caller's policy scope. Note that these settings # will only apply to functions and macros defined after this function is called, # but not to any that are already defined. Ordinary CMake code not inside a # function or macro will be affected by these policy settings too. function(qt_internal_upgrade_cmake_policies) qt_internal_get_computed_minimum_cmake_version(lower_version) qt_internal_get_max_new_policy_cmake_version(upper_version) cmake_minimum_required(VERSION ${lower_version}...${upper_version}) endfunction()