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Re: CMake break at error

 

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.

I could not find out why it didn't work so I had to add a FATAL_ERROR
message when UFC is missing or the wrong version is used.

Johannes


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