Are you using VS10? Is it this already known problem?
http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=11224 On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Robert Dailey <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 2:36 AM, Rolf Eike Beer <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > I have a function defined very high up in the directory tree at the root >> > CMakeLists file. Several levels below it, I have another CMakeLists file >> > that I call that function from. >> > >> > The function sets CMAKE_MFC_FLAG to 2. I notice that this flag gets >> > ignored >> > when it is set inside of the function in question. If I set the flag >> > outside >> > of the function, in the lowest level CMakeLists file, it works. This >> > property seems somehow tied to the directory itself, but I can't figure >> > out >> > if this is a feature or a bug. >> > >> > This behavior isn't very flexible as I'd like to make the details of >> > configuring an MFC compatible project transparent to the lower level >> > CMakeLists scripts. Hiding away the flag and how it needs to be set is a >> > big >> > part of this, but I can't do it. >> > >> > Anyone know how I can make this work? >> >> A function creates a new variable scope, i.e. everything you set in there >> will be reset once you leave the function. Have a look at SET(... >> PARENT_SCOPE) for this. > > Not even that worked, unfortunately. > Basically from my function I do: > set( CMAKE_MFC_FLAG 2 ) > add_executable( ... ) > Since I'm setting it right before the add_executable() call, I would think > that scope has nothing to do with it. > -- > > 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
