[cmake-developers] [CMake 0015352]: find_package_handle_standard_args generates inadequate error message when last item in a list is unavailable

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://www.cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=15352 
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Reported By:                Joachim Wuttke
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   15352
Category:                   CMake
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2015-01-14 13:11 EST
Last Modified:              2015-01-14 13:11 EST
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Summary:                    find_package_handle_standard_args generates
inadequate error message when last item in a list is unavailable
Description: 
Code example:

set (FOO_LIBRARIES ${FOO_LIB_A} ${FOO_LIB_B})
find_package_handle_standard_args (FOO DEFAULT_MSG FOO_LIBRARIES
FOO_INCLUDE_DIR)

If lib A is missing, I get the error message:

CMake Error: The following variables are used in this project, but they are set
to NOTFOUND.
Please set them or make sure they are set and tested correctly in the CMake
files:
FOO_LIB_A

However, if lib B (or more generally, the last item in FOO_LIBRARIES) is
missing, I get the less informative:

CMake Error at
/usr/share/cmake-3.0/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:136 (message):
  Could NOT find Foo (missing: FOO_LIBRARIES)
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  /usr/share/cmake-3.0/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:343
(_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE)
  my_cmake_modules/FindFoo.cmake:84 (find_package_handle_standard_args)

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Issue History 
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2015-01-14 13:11 Joachim Wuttke New Issue                                    
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