[CMake] [2.4.7] - ADD_SUBDIRECTORY unexpected behavior

Bill Hoffman bill.hoffman at kitware.com
Mon Aug 6 15:20:11 EDT 2007


David Blado wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> After upgrading to cmake/ctest 2.4.7, I started experiencing the 
> following problems when running my automated builds using ctest:
>
> c:/builds/dds4.2.3/dds/CMakeLists.txt:6:
>
> ADD_SUBDIRECTORY not given a binary directory but the given source 
> directory "C:/builds/dds4.2.3/dds/Accounting" is not a subdirectory of 
> "c:/builds/dds4.2.3/dds". When specifying an out-of-tree source a 
> binary directory must be explicitly specified.
>
> I can assure you that C:/builds/dds4.2.3/dds/Accounting" is absolutely 
> a subdirectory of C:/builds/dds4.2.3/dds".
>
> I am able to run cmake from the command line and load the solution 
> file just fine. This product is also built on a variety of unix 
> platforms that are using cmake 2.4.7 as well. The unix platforms build 
> just fine from the command line and from ctest.
>
> I’m guessing that this is a bug, but wanted to get some community 
> feedback before submitting a bug report.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
So, this worked with 2.4.6?

The problem is the C: vs c:, note the case....

-Bill



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