[CMake] Problem while setting variables in CMakeCache

[Stefan Köhnen]

2010/9/7 Fraser Hutchison <fraser.hutchison at googlemail.com>:
>  On 07/09/2010 1:54 PM, Stefan Köhnen wrote:
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>> 2010/9/6 Alexander Neundorf<a.neundorf-work at gmx.net>:
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>>> On Monday 06 September 2010, Stefan Köhnen wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Ah, okay.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your fast reply.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to change the value in the cache?
>>>
>>> set(... FORCE)
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
>> Hello Alex,
>>
>> thanks again for your reply. I tried to use set with FORCE but it didn't
>> work.
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>> My CMakeLists.txt looks like this:
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>> PROJECT(CMakeTest)
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>> SET(VAR_FOR_TEST "firstValue" CACHE STRING "Just for testing")
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>> set(VAR_FOR_TEST "secondValue" FORCE)
>>
> I think you want
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> set(VAR_FOR_TEST "secondValue" CACHE STRING "Overwritten value" FORCE)
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> All the best,
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> Fraser.
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Yes that is exactly what I was looking for.

Thank you very much. I added this and it works perfectly.