MantisBT - CMake

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0006945

CMake

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2008-05-02 12:03

2008-08-19 15:43

Reporter

Dan Thill

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normal

Severity

major

Reproducibility

always

Status

closed

Resolution

fixed

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CMake-2-6

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Summary

0006945: cmake -E chdir processes arguments improperly when arguments match cmake args

Description

Commandline arguments which match those of cmake are not passed to the program. Instead, they are intercepted by cmake and the program is not run.

$ cmake -E chdir / ls --help
cmake version 2.4-patch 8
Usage

  cmake [options] <path-to-source>
  cmake [options] <path-to-existing-build>

Command-Line Options
  -C <initial-cache> = Pre-load a script to populate the cache.
  -D <var>:<type>=<value> = Create a cmake cache entry.
  -G <generator-name> = Specify a makefile generator.

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Verified on Linux and Windows, on both 2.4.3 and 2.4.8.

Steps To Reproduce

Additional Information

This was discovered when I was attempting to add a test case which tested my executable's --help output, e.g.:

ADD_TEST( HelpTest ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E chdir Prog.exe --help )

WORKAROUND:

Write a CMake script (containing EXECUTE_PROCESS) and test that script instead.

ADD_TEST( HelpTest ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -S HelpTest.cmake )