[cmake-developers] [CMake 0011774]: ctest_test causes an error when no tests are found

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=11774 
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Reported By:                tyler
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   11774
Category:                   CTest
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2011-01-28 11:14 EST
Last Modified:              2011-01-28 11:14 EST
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Summary:                    ctest_test causes an error when no tests are found
Description: 
Reported here:
http://www.mail-archive.com/cmake@cmake.org/msg34218.html

David Cole replied here, agreeing that this is a bug:
http://www.mail-archive.com/cmake@cmake.org/msg34227.html

"I think it would be a good idea to make ctest_test not induce an error just
because there are no
tests to run."

David also suggested some other useful enhancements to ctest_test()'s behavior,
but I don't want to bury this bug under a ton of feature requests.

Steps to Reproduce: 
1. Run a ctest -S script to build a project that doesn't include tests added via
add_test().
2. Upon reaching the ctest_test() command in the ctest script, ctest will
report:

    Test project 
/satsop/build/kitt-cmake-based-addons-for-legacy-trunk/binary/addons/trunk/linux64.26/release
    Constructing a list of tests
    Done constructing a list of tests
    Checking test dependency graph...
    No tests were found!!!

and upon reaching the end of the script, it exits with an error:

    Error in read script: 
/satsop/build/kitt-cmake-based-addons-for-legacy-trunk/kitt.cmake
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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2011-01-28 11:14 tyler          New Issue                                    
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