[CMake] cmake 2.6.2 RC 5

[Bill Hoffman]

Alan W. Irwin wrote:

>>
>> enable_language(Fortran OPTIONAL)
>> project(myproject C CXX)
>>
>> It would always test for fortran, and enable it if they have it.  If 
>> they do not have it, then you can just turn off that binding.  It 
>> won't be an error not to have it.  If they do have it you can offer 
>> the binding option for Fortran.
> 
> In fact, I have been considering moving to that approach since it should
> give a smoother user experience.
> 
> However, that consideration doesn't affect the principal issue which is 
> that
> our current approach and the above approach still must use ENABLE_LANGUAGE
> for optional languages like Fortran. This means the ENABLE_LANGUAGE bug
> kicks in for Fortran, the Fortran compiler flags are not set properly in 
> the
> cache for PLplot, and build types do not work properly for the Fortran
> binding of PLplot (on the Linux platform).
> 

Did you try what I suggested?

I am thinking if you have the enable_language BEFORE the project command 
it will get around the bug, and work as you want it to.  I have not 
tested, but I think if it comes before project it should work.

-Bill