The following issue has been SUBMITTED. ====================================================================== http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=15149 ====================================================================== Reported By: sleske Assigned To: ====================================================================== Project: CMake Issue ID: 15149 Category: Documentation Reproducibility: N/A Severity: text Priority: normal Status: new ====================================================================== Date Submitted: 2014-09-11 00:50 CEST Last Modified: 2014-09-11 00:50 CEST ====================================================================== Summary: Document that the CHECK_* macros create cache variables Description: The various CHECK_* macros (CHECK_C_COMPILER_FLAG, CHECK_FORTRAN_FUNCTION_EXISTS Etc.) set a result variable whose name is specified as a parameter.
However, the macros do not document that the result variable is created as a cache variable. While this is probaby obvious to experienced CMake users, it can be confusing for newbies. For example, calling multiple CHECK_* macros with the same result variable will not work as expected, because the variable is only set once. This should be documented. ====================================================================== Issue History Date Modified Username Field Change ====================================================================== 2014-09-11 00:50 sleske New Issue ====================================================================== -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers
