[CMake] find_package(Subversion) fails when run by an automated Jenkins build

[Eric Noulard]

2012/2/29 Massaro Alessio <Alessio.Massaro at mediobanca.co.uk>:
> Hi there,
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> Awkward behaviour:
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> My CMakeLists.txt do a find_package(Subversion)
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> Now, I have a Jenkins build server running under domain user XYZ
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> The Jenkins CMake plugin tells me it’s trying to do the following:
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>          “c:\Program Files\CMake 2.8\bin\cmake.exe”  -G "Visual Studio 9
> 2008"
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>                  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
> "D:\path\to\where\jenkins\puts\mysource"
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> And fails with
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>          -- Could NOT find Subversion (missing:  Subversion_SVN_EXECUTABLE)
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> But if I logon to that very same server with that very same domain user,
> check-out the code from svn elsewhere on the server disk and run the above
> command (adjusting for the different path to the source), then the
> find_package will work just fine.


> Does anyone have a clue on what the problem might be?
> What might be causing the difference in behaviour?


May be the path is set to a different value in the "Jenkins context".
You could try to make your CMakeLists.txt display the content of
the PATH variable with something like;

MESSAGE("PATH=$ENV{PATH}")

that way you'll see if something is different

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