[ARROW-3715] [C++] gflags_ep fails to build with CMake 3.13

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.11.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.12.0
• Component/s: C++
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/20016
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Sylvain Joubert
• Created: 07/Nov/18 12:58
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:29
• Resolved: 07/Nov/18 17:01

Description

With the future CMake version (found with CMake 3.13.0-rc2), the gflags external project refuses to build with the following error due to a typo in the CMake arguments that were somehow ignored in previous CMake versions.

...
[6/8] Performing build step for 'gflags_ep'
FAILED: gflags_ep-prefix/src/gflags_ep-stamp/gflags_ep-build gflags_ep-prefix/src/gflags_ep/lib/libgflags.a
cd /<local_dir>/arrow/cpp/build/gflags_ep-prefix/src/gflags_ep && /<local_dir>/cmake/build/bin/cmake -P /<local_dir>/arrow/cpp/build/gflags_ep-prefix/src/gflags_ep-stamp/gflags_ep-build-DEBUG.cmake && /<local_dir>/cmake/build/bin/cmake -E touch /<local_dir>/arrow/cpp/build/gflags_ep-prefix/src/gflags_ep-stamp/gflags_ep-build
CMake Error at /<local_dir>/arrow/cpp/build/gflags_ep-prefix/src/gflags_ep-stamp/gflags_ep-build-DEBUG.cmake:16 (message):
  Command failed: 1

   '/<local_dir>/cmake/build/bin/cmake' '--build' '.'

  See also

    /<local_dir>/arrow/cpp/build/gflags_ep-prefix/src/gflags_ep-stamp/gflags_ep-build-*.log


ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #2904