[cmake-developers] Unittests with reconfiguration

[David Cole]

This chunk in the CMakeLists file is what sets up the arguments for
that test script:
https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/blob/master/Tests/CMakeLists.txt#L1132

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On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 7:16 AM, David Cole <DLRdave at aol.com> wrote:
> This one:
> https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/blob/master/Tests/CMakeTestMultipleConfigures/RunCMake.cmake
>
> It doesn't change anything in between CMake configures, but it does 7
> altogether, with the expectation that the output will not change
> beyond the 1st / 2nd configures.
>
> Sample output here:
> https://open.cdash.org/testDetails.php?test=331119724&build=3788470
>
> The test doesn't presently fail if there are diffs between configures.
> Although one could argue, maybe it should...
>
> You could definitely do something similar for a test that changes a
> cache value in between runs.
>
>
> HTH,
> David C.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 4:13 AM, Raffi Enficiaud
> <raffi.enficiaud at mines-paris.org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would like to know if it is possible to have a unit test with two runs of
>> cmake, simulating a user change of the cache in between.
>>
>> The workflow would be the following:
>> - run cmake with default options, cache entries automatically populated
>> - change some cache value
>> - run cmake again and check the output and cache output
>>
>> I am right now looking at RunCMake but I do not think this scheme is
>> suitable for that.
>>
>> Would anyone point me to some test already performing that?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Raffi
>>
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