[cmake-developers] [CMake 0015619]: ctest stderr vs stdout

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://www.cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=15619 
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Reported By:                Clinton Stimpson
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   15619
Category:                   CTest
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2015-06-16 18:41 EDT
Last Modified:              2015-06-16 18:41 EDT
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Summary:                    ctest stderr vs stdout
Description: 
I have a ctest script which basically has:
ctest_start()
...
ctest_build()
ctest_test()

I invoke that script with 
ctest -V -S my.ctest  1>mytest.stdout 2>mytest.stderr

And I'm hoping that mytest.stderr will contain only errors in my script, not
build or test errors from within ctest_build() and ctest_test().

However, errors like 
Unable to find executable: /path/to/executable
from ctest_test() can leak into the mytest.stderr if there are build errors.

I don't think that is expected behavior.


Steps to Reproduce: 
All in the same directory:

=== CMakeLists.txt ===
include (CTest)
add_test(NAME MyTest COMMAND nonexist_executable)

=== my.ctest ===
set(CTEST_SOURCE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
set(CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})

ctest_start(Experimental)
ctest_test()

=== CTestConfig.cmake ===
<empty>


Then run
cmake .
ctest -V -S my.ctest 1> mytest.stdout 2> mytest.stderr

Look at the output of mytest.stdout and mytest.stderr

Also, mytest.stderr contains:
Error in read script: /home/cjstimp/cubit/cdash/test-ctest/my.ctest
However, the script itself did run successfully.

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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2015-06-16 18:41 Clinton StimpsonNew Issue                                    
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