wxWidgets c++ MacOS fails to build because memset_s is undeclared - c++

Question

I'm on macOS 12.4 I have run xcode-select --install to install the build tools. I'm using VSCode and my c++ configurations I've added the mac frameworks as.
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks and /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Kernel.framework/Versions/A/Headers/ The reason I added this second one is it contains a string.h file which contains a declaration for memset_s
The error generated is this:
/Users/Greeley/Workspace/Cppspace/Culinoire/build/subprojects/Source/wxWidgets_external/src/unix/utilsunx.cpp:229:5: error: use of undeclared identifier 'memset_s'
memset_s(v, n, 0, n);
^
1 error generated.
make[5]: *** [libs/base/CMakeFiles/wxbase.dir/__/__/__/__/src/unix/utilsunx.cpp.o] Error 1
make[4]: *** [libs/base/CMakeFiles/wxbase.dir/all] Error 2
make[3]: *** [all] Error 2
My code is here: https://github.com/Greeley/Culinoire but it's just CMakeLists.txt files right now, and the wxWidgets Hello World as main.cpp also my .vscode directory.
I followed this: this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdHqoyG73Jk
and this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfuBS9n5_aY
And then found this on github with the same issue.
https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/issues/19334
and put the define at the top of main.cpp and put it in the defines array within c_cpp_properties.json however I still get the same error as above.
I really don't understand what's going wrong. I'd greatly appreciate some help.
there's 4 CMakeLists.txt in the project, these are their contents:
/CMakeLists.txt
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.6 FATAL_ERROR)
set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/c")
set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/c++")
project(Culinoire LANGUAGES CXX)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
# ExternalProject base
set_property(DIRECTORY PROPERTY EP_BASE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/subprojects)
set(STAGED_INSTALL_PREFIX ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/stage)
add_subdirectory(external)
include(ExternalProject)
ExternalProject_Add(${PROJECT_NAME}_core
DEPENDS
wxWidgets_external
SOURCE_DIR
${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src
CMAKE_ARGS
-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
-DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD}
-DCMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS=${CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS}
-DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED=${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED}
-DwxWidgets_ROOT_DIR=${wxWidgets_ROOT_DIR}
-DENV_WX_CONFIG=${ENV_WX_CONFIG}
CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS
-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}
-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH:PATH=${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}
BUILD_ALWAYS
1
INSTALL_COMMAND
""
)
Edit below: Changed static to 1 and universal to 0
/src/CMakeLists.txt
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.6 FATAL_ERROR)
set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/c")
set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/c++")
project(wx_cmake_template_core LANGUAGES CXX)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
set(__STDC_WANT_LIB_EXT1__)
# hack for buggy CMake's FindwxWidgets script
if (DEFINED ENV_WX_CONFIG)
set (ENV{WX_CONFIG} ${ENV_WX_CONFIG})
endif()
set(wxWidgets_USE_DEBUG 1)
set(wxWidgets_USE_UNICODE 1)
set(wxWidgets_USE_UNIVERSAL 0)
set(wxWidgets_USE_STATIC 1)
set(wxWidgets_CONFIG_OPTIONS --toolkit=base --prefix=/usr)
set(wxWidgets_ROOT_DIR "/Users/Greeley/Library/wxWidgets")
set(wxWidgets_LIBRARIES "/Users/Greeley/Library/wxWidgets/lib")
find_package(wxWidgets COMPONENTS core base REQUIRED HINT ${wxWidgets_ROOT_DIR})
set(SRCS main.cpp)
if (APPLE)
# create bundle on apple compiles
add_executable(main MACOSX_BUNDLE ${SRCS} )
# Set a custom plist file for the app bundle - needed for Mac OS Retina display
set_target_properties(main PROPERTIES MACOSX_BUNDLE_INFO_PLIST ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Info.plist)
else()
# the WIN32 is needed for Windows in order for it to look for WinMain
# instead of the main function. This is ignored on other systems,
# so it works on all platforms
add_executable(main WIN32 ${SRCS})
endif()
target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE ${wxWidgets_LIBRARIES})
/external/CMAkeLists.txt
add_subdirectory(wxwidgets)
/external/wxwidgets/CMakeLists.txt
# check if wxWidgets is already installed in the system - using CMake's built in script FindwxWidgets
find_package(wxWidgets QUIET)
if (wxWidgets_FOUND)
message(STATUS "Found preinstalled wxWidgets libraries at ${wxWidgets_LIBRARIES}")
add_library(wxWidgets_external INTERFACE)
else()
message(STATUS "Preinstalled wxWidgets not found.")
message(STATUS "Will download and install wxWidgets in ${STAGED_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
include(ExternalProject)
ExternalProject_Add(wxWidgets_external
GIT_REPOSITORY
https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets.git
GIT_TAG
3.2
UPDATE_COMMAND
""
CMAKE_ARGS
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${STAGED_INSTALL_PREFIX}
-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
-DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD}
-DCMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS=${CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS}
-DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED=${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED}
-DwxBUILD_SHARED=OFF
CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS
-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}
TEST_AFTER_INSTALL
0
DOWNLOAD_NO_PROGRESS
1
LOG_CONFIGURE
1
LOG_BUILD
1
LOG_INSTALL
1
)
set(wxWidgets_ROOT_DIR ${STAGED_INSTALL_PREFIX})
file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${wxWidgets_ROOT_DIR}" wxWidgets_ROOT_DIR)
set(wxWidgets_ROOT_DIR ${wxWidgets_ROOT_DIR} CACHE INTERNAL "wxWidgets installation dir")
set (ENV_WX_CONFIG ${STAGED_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/wx-config)
file (TO_NATIVE_PATH "${ENV_WX_CONFIG}" ENV_WX_CONFIG)
set(ENV_WX_CONFIG ${ENV_WX_CONFIG} CACHE INTERNAL "wx-config dir")
endif()
EDIT BELOW
I changed the CMakeLists.txt file to
# check if wxWidgets is already installed in the system - using CMake's built in script FindwxWidgets
find_package(wxWidgets QUIET)
if (wxWidgets_FOUND)
message(STATUS "Found preinstalled wxWidgets libraries at ${wxWidgets_LIBRARIES}")
add_library(wxWidgets INTERFACE)
else()
message(STATUS "Preinstalled wxWidgets not found.")
message(STATUS "Will download and install wxWidgets in ${STAGED_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
include(ExternalProject)
ExternalProject_Add(wxWidgets
GIT_REPOSITORY
https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets.git
GIT_TAG
master
UPDATE_COMMAND
""
CMAKE_ARGS
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${STAGED_INSTALL_PREFIX}
-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
-DwxBUILD_SHARED=OFF
CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS
TEST_AFTER_INSTALL
0
DOWNLOAD_NO_PROGRESS
1
LOG_CONFIGURE
1
LOG_BUILD
1
LOG_INSTALL
1
)
set(wxWidgets_ROOT_DIR ${STAGED_INSTALL_PREFIX})
file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${wxWidgets_ROOT_DIR}" wxWidgets_ROOT_DIR)
set(wxWidgets_ROOT_DIR ${wxWidgets_ROOT_DIR} CACHE INTERNAL "wxWidgets installation dir")
set (ENV_WX_CONFIG ${STAGED_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/wx-config)
file (TO_NATIVE_PATH "${ENV_WX_CONFIG}" ENV_WX_CONFIG)
set(ENV_WX_CONFIG ${ENV_WX_CONFIG} CACHE INTERNAL "wx-config dir")
endif()
The build now completes and wxWidgets is 'found' but then goes to fail because wx/wx.h isn't found
-- Found wxWidgets: -L/Users/Greeley/Workspace/Cppspace/Culinoire/build/stage/lib;-pthread;/Users/Greeley/Workspace/Cppspace/Culinoire/build/stage/lib/libwx_osx_cocoau_core-3.2.a;/Users/Greeley/Workspace/Cppspace/Culinoire/build/stage/lib/libwx_baseu-3.2.a;-lwx_baseu-3.2;-lwxjpeg-3.2;-lwxpng-3.2;-lwxtiff-3.2;-framework AudioToolbox;-framework WebKit;/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX12.3.sdk/usr/lib/libz.tbd;-lwxregexu-3.2;/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX12.3.sdk/usr/lib/libiconv.tbd;-framework CoreFoundation;-framework Security;-framework Carbon;-framework Cocoa;-framework IOKit;-framework QuartzCore (found version "3.2.0")
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /Users/Greeley/Workspace/Cppspace/Culinoire/build/subprojects/Build/Culinoire_core
[ 87%] Performing build step for 'Culinoire_core'
[ 50%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/main.dir/main.cpp.o
/Users/Greeley/Workspace/Cppspace/Culinoire/src/main.cpp:3:10: fatal error: 'wx/wxprec.h' file not found
#include <wx/wxprec.h>
^~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
make[5]: *** [CMakeFiles/main.dir/main.cpp.o] Error 1
make[4]: *** [CMakeFiles/main.dir/all] Error 2
make[3]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: *** [subprojects/Stamp/Culinoire_core/Culinoire_core-build] Error 2
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Culinoire_core.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

Answer 1

in /src/CMakeLists.txt I added
include(${wxWidgets_USE_FILE})
and changed the project name to reflect my actual project name.
so the entire file looks like this
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.6 FATAL_ERROR)
set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/c")
set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/c++")
project(Culinoire LANGUAGES CXX)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
set(__STDC_WANT_LIB_EXT1__)
# hack for buggy CMake's FindwxWidgets script
if (DEFINED ENV_WX_CONFIG)
set (ENV{WX_CONFIG} ${ENV_WX_CONFIG})
endif()
set(wxWidgets_USE_DEBUG 1)
set(wxWidgets_USE_UNICODE 1)
set(wxWidgets_USE_UNIVERSAL 0)
set(wxWidgets_USE_STATIC 1)
#set(wxWidgets_CONFIG_OPTIONS --toolkit=base --prefix=/usr)
find_package(wxWidgets COMPONENTS core base REQUIRED)
set(SRCS main.cpp)
include(${wxWidgets_USE_FILE})
if (APPLE)
# create bundle on apple compiles
add_executable(main MACOSX_BUNDLE ${SRCS} )
# Set a custom plist file for the app bundle - needed for Mac OS Retina display
set_target_properties(main PROPERTIES MACOSX_BUNDLE_INFO_PLIST ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Info.plist)
else()
# the WIN32 is needed for Windows in order for it to look for WinMain
# instead of the main function. This is ignored on other systems,
# so it works on all platforms
add_executable(main WIN32 ${SRCS})
endif()
target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE ${wxWidgets_LIBRARIES})
and my output now is
[main] Building folder: Culinoire
[build] Starting build
[proc] Executing command: /usr/local/bin/cmake --build /Users/Greeley/Workspace/Cppspace/Culinoire/build --config Debug --target all -j 10 --
[build] [ 50%] Built target wxWidgets
[build] [ 56%] Performing build step for 'Culinoire_core'
[main] Changes were detected in CMakeLists.txt but we could not reconfigure the project because another operation is already in progress.
[build] -- Configuring done
[build] -- Generating done
[build] -- Build files have been written to: /Users/Greeley/Workspace/Cppspace/Culinoire/build/subprojects/Build/Culinoire_core
[build] [ 50%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/main.dir/main.cpp.o
[build] [100%] Linking CXX executable main.app/Contents/MacOS/main
[build] [100%] Built target main
[build] [ 62%] No install step for 'Culinoire_core'
[build] [ 68%] Completed 'Culinoire_core'
[build] [100%] Built target Culinoire_core
[build] Build finished with exit code 0
[cpptools] The build configurations generated do not contain the active build configuration. Using "" for CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE instead of "Debug" to ensure that IntelliSense configurations can be found