qt5base-lts/cmake/QtCMakeVersionHelpers.cmake

# 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)
    if(NOT DEFINED BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
        message(FATAL_ERROR "BUILD_SHARED_LIBS is needed to decide the minimum CMake version. "
            "It should have been set by this point.")
    endif()

    # QT_MIN_SUPPORTED_CMAKE_VERSION is set either in .cmake.conf or in QtBuildInternalsExtras.cmake
    # when building a repo.
    set(supported_version "${QT_MIN_SUPPORTED_CMAKE_VERSION}")

    if(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
        set(supported_version "${QT_MIN_SUPPORTED_CMAKE_VERSION_FOR_STATIC_QT}")
    endif()
    set(${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)
    # 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}")

    # Set in QtBuildInternalsExtras.cmake, which means it was already computed as part of qtbase
    # configuration.
    elseif(QT_COMPUTED_MIN_CMAKE_VERSION)
        set(computed_min_version "${QT_COMPUTED_MIN_CMAKE_VERSION}")

    # No override was given and the version was not computed before, thus initialize with the
    # default minimum.
    else()
        qt_internal_get_qt_supported_minimum_cmake_version(min_supported_version)
        set(computed_min_version "${min_supported_version}")
    endif()
    set(${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 downstream 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} "
            "\nQt requires newer CMake features to build correctly. You can lower the minimum "
            "required version by passing a QT_FORCE_MIN_CMAKE_VERSION cache variable when configuring Qt.")
    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()