[cmake-developers] ExternalProject CMAKE_ARGS and CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS arguments

Thu Oct 30 10:21:34 EDT 2014

Hello Brad,

On 29/10/14 14:38, Brad King wrote:
> In the updated docs for CMAKE_ARGS, CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS, and
> CMAKE_CACHE_DEFAULT_ARGS, the intro line now needs a period.
> 
> The new RunCMake.ExternalProject test looks good.  However, it
> does not verify that the external project actually builds with
> the new options.  Please extend one of the main ExternalProject
> tests to cover this too.

I updated the topic and modified one of the tests in
ExternalProjectLocal to use the new CMAKE_CACHE_DEFAULT_ARGS argument.
Unfortunately this triggered a hidden bug in the external projects, so I
fixed it with an extra commit, see:

 http://www.cmake.org/gitweb?p=stage/cmake.git;a=commitdiff;h=2c3b9a91

Cheers,
 Daniele