[cmake-developers] [CMake 0012548]: check_function_exists failed to check the existence of functions when specified "Watcom WMake"

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=12548 
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Reported By:                Hong Xu
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   12548
Category:                   Modules
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2011-10-30 08:26 EDT
Last Modified:              2011-10-30 08:26 EDT
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Summary:                    check_function_exists failed to check the existence
of functions when specified "Watcom WMake"
Description: 
check_function_exists failed to check the existence of functions when specified
"Watcom WMake". When checking strdup, it reports it is not found, however,
strdup does exist.

Steps to Reproduce: 
Add this line to CMakeLists:

check_function_exists(strdup HAVE_STRDUP)

then:

cmake . -G "Watcom WMake"

HAVE_STRDUP is not set.
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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2011-10-30 08:26 Hong Xu        New Issue                                    
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