CMake: check whether check_c_source_runs() works.

That's the simplest way to check whether we can use
check_c_source_runs() to test for a suitable snprintf; it's easier than
trying to find out the target instruction set architecture and comparing
it with the host instruction set architecture, as CMake doesn't provide
any mechanism to provide the target instruction set architecture, on all
platforms, in a form that can be compared with the host instruction set
architecture, and even if the target is different, we may be able to run
code for that instruction set architecture if, for example, it's a
32-bit version of the instruction set architecture on which the build is
being done, or if there's a binary emulator.

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 060254af38f5e1aeb1bfb86c2beffe3bec2a4c9b..d8797cb7c7e6c49c236760d03c12e3c270263ae7 100644 (file)
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -409,16 +409,23 @@ endif(MSVC)
 # on an IA-32 or x86-64 Linux box for an Arm embedded Linux box,
 # or building Arm code on an IA-32 or x86-64 Windows box.
 #
-# At least for the Windows case, people may do those builds by
-# setting the target with th -A flag to CMake; that causes
-# CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM to be set to the target.  If
-# CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM is set, compare it with
-# CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR and, if they're not equal, set
-# CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING to TRUE.
-#
-if (CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM AND
-    NOT CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM STREQUAL CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR)
-    set(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING TRUE)
+# So just test whether check_c_source_runs() on a trivial program
+# works; if not, it's probably because the generated code won't
+# run on the platform on which we're running.
+#
+include(CheckCSourceRuns)
+if (NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
+    check_c_source_runs("
+    int main()
+    {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    "
+        CHECK_C_SOURCE_RUNS_WORKS
+    )
+    if (NOT CHECK_C_SOURCE_RUNS_WORKS)
+        set(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING TRUE)
+    endif()
 endif()
 
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@@ -529,7 +536,6 @@ if (NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
     #
     # Require a proof of suitable snprintf(3), same as in Autoconf.
     #
-    include(CheckCSourceRuns)
     check_c_source_runs("
     #include <stdio.h>
     #include <string.h>