What version of cmake/ctest are you using? (i.e. -- send the output of "cmake --version")
What does CTestTestfile.cmake contain if you change your CMakeLists file to use set_property(TEST ...) instead of set_tests_properties()? This should work as expected in CMake. We have a test in the test suite that tests the ENVIRONMENT test property at CMake/Tests/Environment/CMakeLists.txt -- the test uses set_tests_properties. ??? David On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Johannes Wienke <jwie...@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de> wrote: > Dear all, > > I am try to set the PATH environment variable on windows for running the > unit tests through ctest. The ctest file is generated by the cmake scripts. > The PATH is required to for finding additional dlls required by the tests. > > I tried to set the PATH using this cmake code: > > SET(PATH_STRING "$ENV{PATH};${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS}") > STRING(REPLACE ";" "\\;" PATH_STRING "${PATH_STRING}") > SET_TESTS_PROPERTIES(rsbtest PROPERTIES ENVIRONMENT "PATH=${PATH_STRING}") > > This is done according to this list posting some time ago: > http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2009-May/029464.html > > However, it does not work for me. PATH is not changed when calling ctest and > the dlls are not found. I investigated a bit and found out that the > resulting CTestTestfile.cmake file contains these lines for every specified > test: > > ADD_TEST(rsbtest "<correct binary>") > SET_TESTS_PROPERTIES(rsbtest PROPERTIES ENVIRONMENT "PATH=<correct path > with correct escapes>") > > However, "man ctest" does not even document that SET_TESTS_PROPERTIES is a > valid command for ctest. Instead SET_PROPERTY(TEST...) is explained. So I > changed the generated CTestTestfile.cmake according to this information to: > > ADD_TEST(rsbtest "<correct binary>") > SET_PROPERTY(TEST rsbtest PROPERTY ENVIRONMENT "PATH=<correct path with > correct escapes>") > > Afterwards all unit tests run as expected. > > What am I doing wrong here? Or is this a bug in cmake? > > Thanks for any help! > Johannes > _______________________________________________ > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake > _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake