Notes
(0024228) David Cole (manager) 2010-12-17 08:21	I could not reproduce this... The FindGit.cmake in CMake 2.8.3 has the correct GIT_EXECUTABLE spelling that ExternalProject is looking for. Evidence from my Mac: davidcole@qwghlm : issue-11378 $ which cmake /Applications/CMake 2.8-3.app/Contents/bin/cmake davidcole@qwghlm : issue-11378 $ cmake --version cmake version 2.8.3 davidcole@qwghlm : issue-11378 $ grep -i git_exec /Applications/CMake\ 2.8-3.app/Contents/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindGit.cmake # GIT_EXECUTABLE - path to git command line client # message("git found: ${GIT_EXECUTABLE}") find_program(GIT_EXECUTABLE mark_as_advanced(GIT_EXECUTABLE) find_package_handle_standard_args(Git DEFAULT_MSG GIT_EXECUTABLE) Additionally, I tried it out, just to make sure I wasn't missing something: davidcole@qwghlm : issue-11378 $ pwd /Users/davidcole/Dashboards/My Tests/issue-11378 davidcole@qwghlm : issue-11378 $ ls CMakeLists.txt b1 davidcole@qwghlm : issue-11378 $ cat CMakeLists.txt cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.3) project(BuildVTK NONE) include(ExternalProject) ExternalProject_Add(VTK GIT_REPOSITORY git://vtk.org/VTK.git [^] CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<INSTALL_DIR> ) davidcole@qwghlm : issue-11378 $ cd b1 davidcole@qwghlm : b1 $ cmake .. -- Found Git: /opt/local/bin/git -- Configuring done -- Generating done -- Build files have been written to: /Users/davidcole/Dashboards/My Tests/issue-11378/b1 davidcole@qwghlm : b1 $ make -j 3 Scanning dependencies of target VTK [ 0%] Creating directories for 'VTK' [ 0%] Performing download step (git clone) for 'VTK' Cloning into VTK... remote: Counting objects: 280377, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (58819/58819), done. remote: Total 280377 (delta 223839), reused 277170 (delta 220770) Receiving objects: 100% (280377/280377), 72.77 MiB \| 2.05 MiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (223839/223839), done. Already on 'master' [ 0%] [ 0%] Performing update step (git fetch) for 'VTK' No patch step for 'VTK' Already on 'master' [ 0%] Performing configure step for 'VTK' -- The C compiler identification is GNU -- The CXX compiler identification is GNU -- Checking whether C compiler has -isysroot -- Checking whether C compiler has -isysroot - yes -- Checking whether C compiler supports OSX deployment target flag -- Checking whether C compiler supports OSX deployment target flag - yes -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc -- works -- Detecting C compiler ABI info -- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done ... Now.... one thing that could be happening is that you have your own FindGit.cmake file in an overridden CMAKE_MODULE_PATH location. If so, and you want to keep using it, and you don't want to add a GIT_EXECUTABLE variable to it, then you could do something like this in your own CMakeLists.txt file: find_package(Git) set(GIT_EXECUTABLE "${Git_EXECUTABLE}") include(ExternalProject) Another thing that could be happening is that you're using a pre-release version of CMake 2.8.3 -- I think we did have an rc that might have had the Git_EXECUTABLE spelling in it... If so, simply update to 2.8.3 official. Thanks for the report... Let me know if you have further issues with it.

(0026068) David Cole (manager) 2011-04-04 12:00	Closing resolved issues that have not been updated in more than 3 months.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2010-10-29 11:09	kentwilliams	New Issue
2010-10-29 11:09	kentwilliams	File Added: ExternalProject.cmake.patch
2010-11-03 09:20	Bill Hoffman	Status	new => assigned
2010-11-03 09:20	Bill Hoffman	Assigned To	=> David Cole
2010-12-17 07:41	David Cole	Target Version	=> CMake 2.8.4
2010-12-17 08:21	David Cole	Note Added: 0024228
2010-12-17 08:21	David Cole	Status	assigned => resolved
2010-12-17 08:21	David Cole	Fixed in Version	=> CMake 2.8.4
2010-12-17 08:21	David Cole	Resolution	open => unable to reproduce
2011-04-04 12:00	David Cole	Note Added: 0026068
2011-04-04 12:00	David Cole	Status	resolved => closed

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