Missing references in CMake config of GeographicLib in pre-packaged dependencies

[glmax]

The CMake config of GeographicLib that is provided in the dependency packages at box.com seems to need some files (e.g. binaries) which are neither included in the packages nor actually needed for vanetza. Of course, one can disable the usage of that CMake config via GeographicLib_PREFER_PACKAGE_CONFIG, but it would be nice, if the default behavior worked out-of-the-box.

Here's the full error message for the old dependency package (with the new one, the error is the same IIRC):

-- GeographicLib configuration, version 1.49
CMake Error at /home/duser/vanetza-deps/lib/cmake/GeographicLib/geographiclib-targets.cmake:101 (message):
  The imported target "CartConvert" references the file

     "/home/duser/vanetza-deps/bin/CartConvert"

  but this file does not exist.  Possible reasons include:

  * The file was deleted, renamed, or moved to another location.

  * An install or uninstall procedure did not complete successfully.

  * The installation package was faulty and contained

     "/home/duser/vanetza-deps/lib/cmake/GeographicLib/geographiclib-targets.cmake"

  but not all the files it references.

[riebl]

Sorry for ignoring this issue ticket a long time. I am thinking about employing Conan to cross-compile those dependencies instead of (poorly) maintaining archives on box.com. What do you think @glmax? Is this a good idea?

[kvalli]

im also getting this issue .How to fix this issue

[riebl]

You can manually remove the CMake targets from geographiclib-targets.cmake, which refer to GeographicLib executables, such as CartConvert. Or you cross-compile GeographicLib on your own.

[bma67]

I got the same problem and as suggested by Raphael, I rebuilt GeographicLib-1.5.1 using https://www.vanetza.org/recipes/cross-compile-dependencies/#geographiclib. It worked fine.