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Re: CMake break at error

 

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 09:25:03AM +0200, Johannes Ring wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 09:06:43AM +0200, Johannes Ring wrote:
> >> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 9:38 PM, Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > Would it be possible to get CMake to break when it encounters an
> >> > error?
> >>
> >> Yes, inserting message(FATAL_ERROR "message to display") will stop
> >> CMake immediately.
> >
> > ok, so is there a reason not to do this?
>
> Yes, it should ideally be handled by find_package. From the CMake
> manual: "The REQUIRED option stops processing with an error message if
> the package cannot be found."
>
> I can add some FATAL_ERROR messages if I can't figure out why it doesn't work.

ok, thanks.

--
Anders


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