[CMake] How to get the result of a test during tests

[Brandon Van Every]

On 10/22/07, Alan W. Irwin <irwin at beluga.phys.uvic.ca> wrote:
>
> That is, use EXECUTE_PROCESS in ordinary cmake code to determine if the MPI
> function works well.

Although EXECUTE_PROCESS, generally speaking, cannot determine if
something will work under your actual compilation environment.  It
only works in the environment you ran CMake.  For your compilation
environment you'll need TRY_COMPILE or TRY_RUN.


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every