This could happen if ninja is manually enabled (eg. make.conf) but not installed
---
eclass/cmake-utils.eclass | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/eclass/cmake-utils.eclass b/eclass/cmake-utils.eclass
index 480cd09..012b13f 100644
--- a/eclass/cmake-utils.eclass
+++ b/eclass/cmake-utils.eclass
@@ -228,6 +228,11 @@ _generator_to_use() {
case ${CMAKE_MAKEFILE_GENERATOR} in
ninja)
+ # if ninja is enabled but not installed, the build
could fail
+ # this could happen if ninja is manually enabled (eg.
make.conf) but not installed
+ if ! has_version dev-util/ninja; then
+ die "CMAKE_MAKEFILE_GENERATOR is set to ninja,
but ninja is not installed. Please install dev-util/ninja or unset
CMAKE_MAKEFILE_GENERATOR."
+ fi
generator_name="Ninja"
;;
emake)
--
2.4.9