Build on macOS with LLVM 9.0.1 Clang Compiler

[dFohlen]

Hi @davisking,

building dlib 19.19 on macOS with LLVM 9.0.1 Clang complier fails, because of the target_compile_features command which was introduced in CMake version 3.1.

Expected Behavior

Build and install dlib 19.19 on macOS with default options.

Current Behavior

Build fails here

Steps to Reproduce

1. Download dlib 19.19
2. Go into the examples folder and type: mkdir build; cd build; cmake .. ; cmake --build .
3. Build fails here with:

CMake Error at dlib/cmake_utils/use_cpp_11.cmake:74 (target_compile_features):
  target_compile_features no known features for CXX compiler

  "Clang"

  version 9.0.1.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  dlib/CMakeLists.txt:858 (enable_cpp11_for_target)


-- Building a C++11 test project to see if your compiler supports C++11
-- C++11 activated.
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

Suggestion

Adding this:

if(POLICY CMP0025)
  cmake_policy(SET CMP0025 NEW)
endif()

between here solves the problem. I tried also adding this into the use_cpp_11.cmake but has no effect.

• Version:
  dlib 19.19
• Where did you get dlib:
  Downloaded source from GitHub
• Platform:
  macOS (Catalina 10.15.2 (19C57))
• Compiler:
  LLVM 9.0.1 Clang
  CMake 3.16.4

[davisking]

Thanks for reporting this. Do you want to make pull request with the change? :)