Add Vulkan SDK symlink creation and cleanup cached version handling

- Update workflow to create and manage Vulkan SDK version-specific symlinks on Linux.
- Remove outdated version caching logic from `CMakeLists.txt`.

Author: gpx1000

.github/workflows/workflow.yml

@@ -307,6 +307,71 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Vulkan SDK
         run: ${{ matrix.vulkan-install }}
 
+      - name: Create Vulkan SDK version symlinks (Ubuntu)
+        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+        run: |
+          # Get the current Vulkan SDK version
+          CURRENT_VERSION=$(basename $(dirname $VULKAN_SDK))
+          echo "Current Vulkan SDK version: $CURRENT_VERSION"
+
+          # Create a directory to store version information
+          VULKAN_BASE_DIR=$(dirname $(dirname $VULKAN_SDK))
+          echo "Vulkan base directory: $VULKAN_BASE_DIR"
+
+          # Create a symlink for the 'latest' directory
+          mkdir -p $VULKAN_BASE_DIR/latest
+          ln -sf $VULKAN_SDK $VULKAN_BASE_DIR/latest/x86_64
+          echo "Created symlink from latest to $CURRENT_VERSION"
+
+          # Create a file to track the current version for future runs
+          echo $CURRENT_VERSION > $VULKAN_BASE_DIR/current_version.txt
+
+          # Check if there are any previous versions we need to create symlinks for
+          if [ -f "$VULKAN_BASE_DIR/previous_versions.txt" ]; then
+            echo "Found previous versions file, creating symlinks for all previous versions"
+            while read -r version; do
+              if [ "$version" != "$CURRENT_VERSION" ] && [ -n "$version" ]; then
+                echo "Creating symlink from $version to $CURRENT_VERSION"
+                mkdir -p $VULKAN_BASE_DIR/$version
+                ln -sf $VULKAN_SDK $VULKAN_BASE_DIR/$version/x86_64
+              fi
+            done < $VULKAN_BASE_DIR/previous_versions.txt
+          fi
+
+          # Add current version to the list of previous versions for future runs
+          if [ ! -f "$VULKAN_BASE_DIR/previous_versions.txt" ] || ! grep -q "^$CURRENT_VERSION$" "$VULKAN_BASE_DIR/previous_versions.txt"; then
+            echo $CURRENT_VERSION >> $VULKAN_BASE_DIR/previous_versions.txt
+          fi
+
+          # For the first run or if we need to handle hardcoded paths in existing build files,
+          # create symlinks for known versions that might be referenced
+          for version in "1.4.313.0" "1.4.321.0"; do
+            if [ "$version" != "$CURRENT_VERSION" ]; then
+              echo "Creating symlink from $version to $CURRENT_VERSION"
+              mkdir -p $VULKAN_BASE_DIR/$version
+              ln -sf $VULKAN_SDK $VULKAN_BASE_DIR/$version/x86_64
+            fi
+          done
+
+          # Find any version references in build files and create symlinks for them
+          if [ -d "${{github.workspace}}/attachments/build" ]; then
+            echo "Scanning build directory for version references..."
+            # Find all version patterns like X.Y.ZZZ.W in build files
+            FOUND_VERSIONS=$(grep -r -o "[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+" ${{github.workspace}}/attachments/build 2>/dev/null | grep -v "$CURRENT_VERSION" | sort | uniq || echo "")
+
+            for version in $FOUND_VERSIONS; do
+              if [[ $version =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]] && [ "$version" != "$CURRENT_VERSION" ]; then
+                echo "Found version reference in build files: $version, creating symlink"
+                mkdir -p $VULKAN_BASE_DIR/$version
+                ln -sf $VULKAN_SDK $VULKAN_BASE_DIR/$version/x86_64
+              fi
+            done
+          fi
+
+          # List all created symlinks
+          echo "Created the following Vulkan SDK version symlinks:"
+          find $VULKAN_BASE_DIR -type l -exec ls -la {} \;
+
       - name: Verify Vulkan Installation (Windows)
         if: runner.os == 'Windows'
         run: |

attachments/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -8,27 +8,6 @@ if(NOT DEFINED ENV{VULKAN_SDK})
     message(WARNING "VULKAN_SDK environment variable is not set. This may cause issues with finding Vulkan SDK.")
 endif()
 
-# Extract Vulkan SDK version from path to detect version changes
-if(DEFINED ENV{VULKAN_SDK})
-    string(REGEX MATCH "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+" VULKAN_SDK_VERSION "$ENV{VULKAN_SDK}")
-
-    # Check if cached version exists and is different from current version
-    if(DEFINED CACHE{VULKAN_SDK_CACHED_VERSION} AND NOT VULKAN_SDK_VERSION STREQUAL VULKAN_SDK_CACHED_VERSION)
-        message(STATUS "Vulkan SDK version changed from ${VULKAN_SDK_CACHED_VERSION} to ${VULKAN_SDK_VERSION}")
-        message(STATUS "Clearing CMake cache to ensure correct paths are used")
-
-        # Force CMake to reconfigure by removing cache entries related to Vulkan
-        unset(Vulkan_INCLUDE_DIR CACHE)
-        unset(Vulkan_LIBRARY CACHE)
-        unset(VulkanHpp_CPPM_DIR CACHE)
-        unset(GLSLANG_VALIDATOR CACHE)
-        unset(SLANGC_EXECUTABLE CACHE)
-    endif()
-
-    # Store current version in cache
-    set(VULKAN_SDK_CACHED_VERSION ${VULKAN_SDK_VERSION} CACHE STRING "Cached Vulkan SDK version" FORCE)
-    message(STATUS "Using Vulkan SDK version: ${VULKAN_SDK_VERSION}")
-endif()
 
 project (VulkanTutorial)