[CMake] How to debug a CMake script?

[Robert Dailey]

AFAIK, there is no interactive debugger for CMake scripts. You are doing
exactly what I do. I use the message() command frequently to output
variable values and test code flow. It's really the only way, unfortunately.

On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Christoph Grüninger <
christoph.grueninger at iws.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:

> Hi CMake,
> how do you debug CMake scripts? I know -Wdev, --debug-output,
> and --trace but often they are not sufficient. If I am
> interested in the value of a variable or want to check why a
> test fails I have no clue what to do. Currently, I work with
> printf debugging, a technique from the middle age of computer
> programming.
> Does a special mode or program exist to help me with debugging?
> How do you do your debugging?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Christoph
>
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