[CMake] PIE-pie_off and CMP0083-cmp0083_new fail for openSuse Leap 15.0

[Alan W. Irwin]

On 2019-03-20 00:01+0100 Christoph Grüninger wrote:

> Dear CMake,
> while trying to update the RPMs for openSuse with the Open Build
> service, I stumbled upon a strange problem. Following the same spec file
> for all target plattforms, CMake is first built and then the tests are
> executed. The tests pass for different types of openSuse versions
> (Factory, Tumbleweed, Leap 42.3, SLE 12 SP3) but fail for a single
> version, openSuse Leap 15.0. I attached the output of the failing tests.
> The failure is related to CMP0083 and PIE. But I cannot spot any
> difference causing different test results.
> Could someone advice how to track down the reason for my issue?

Hi Christoph:

Just in case the trouble is simply due to a real CMake bug for some
old version of CMake, what exact versions of CMake are you testing on
each of your various "good" platforms compared to your "bad" platform,
openSuse Leap 15.0?

Alan
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