[cmake-developers] [CMake 0011378]: ExternalProject.cmake aborts configuration & erroneously reports it can't find git.

Mantis Bug Tracker mantis at public.kitware.com
Fri Oct 29 11:09:18 EDT 2010


The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=11378 
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Reported By:                kentwilliams
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   11378
Category:                   CMake
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   block
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2010-10-29 11:09 EDT
Last Modified:              2010-10-29 11:09 EDT
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Summary:                    ExternalProject.cmake aborts configuration &
erroneously reports it can't find git.
Description: 
When trying to use ExternalProject_add to build VTK, and specifying the VTK
git repository, cmake (or ccmake or cmake-guil) fails with this error:

CMake Error at ExternalProject.cmake:825 (message):
 error: could not find git for clone of VTK
Call Stack (most recent call first):
 ExternalProject.cmake:1165 (_ep_add_download_command)
 External_VTK.cmake:110 (ExternalProject_Add)
 CMakeLists.txt:352 (include)
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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2010-10-29 11:09 kentwilliams   New Issue                                    
2010-10-29 11:09 kentwilliams   File Added: ExternalProject.cmake.patch         
          
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