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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hi,
>
> I saw that since yesterday, there is a new requirement on CMake, and I'm 
> really disapointed :-(
>
> Is this new requirement REALLY needed?
>
> I was forced to don't update kicad package from 2009-02-16 to 2010-03-14 for 
> RHEL-5 (Centos, Scientifix-Linux, etc.) because a CMake 2.6.0 requirement (they 
> are still with 2.4.8).
>
> Some days ago, I was happy because I saw that kicad-2010.05.05 successfull 
> built on the future (unborn...) RHEL-6 (Centos, Scientifix-Linux, etc.)
> But with this new requirement, I'm sure it won't build!!!!
>
> In french : « C'est vouloir tuer la poule dans l'oeuf... ».
>
> A translation could be "You want to kill the chicken when it is an egg"
> A meaning: you don't want this way exists...
>
> Regards,
> Alain
>   

Alain,


That's a lot of bad English to read, and some French, just to get to this:

$ bzr diff  -r2369..2368 CMakeLists.txt
=== modified file 'CMakeLists.txt'
--- CMakeLists.txt    2010-05-10 18:37:54 +0000
+++ CMakeLists.txt    2010-04-21 12:25:16 +0000
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
project(kicad)

-# test the minimum Cmake version requirement (could be different under 
unix or Windows
if(WIN32)
-    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.0 FATAL_ERROR)
+    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6.1 FATAL_ERROR)
else(WIN32)
-    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.0 FATAL_ERROR)
+    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6.0 FATAL_ERROR)
endif(WIN32)

# Path to local CMake modules.

------------------------------



I only use French when I am upset, I see you do that too.   :)

No where in your posting do you even mention 2.8.0.

So I think we will have to resort to mind reading unless you can 
formulate better postings in the future.  Is there somebody that can 
give you help with these English postings before you send them?  If so I 
think it would be helpful.  Speaking honestly, folks can only take you 
seriously if they can understand you.  I think you are a serious person, 
and that you want to be taken seriously, so I am trying to be helpful here.

Because otherwise what can happen is that you simply end up on 
somebody's spam filter, and I don't think you want that.  So again, I 
truly am trying to be helpful.

Dick