[CMake] Fwd: Re: Question about CMAKE_MODULE_PATH

[Workbench@gmx.at]

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Subject: 	Re: [CMake] Question about CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
Date: 	Mon, 18 Feb 2019 16:58:26 +0100
From: 	Workbench at gmx.at <workbench at gmx.at>
To: 	Kyle Edwards <kyle.edwards at kitware.com>



here is my code:


set(MODULE_PATH "compile/tools/cmake/modules")

LIST(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${MODULE_PATH})

now i try to include with

INCLUDE(basic_tests)

and i get an error that the file can't be found when typing cmake ../ 
from within my build path.



On 18.02.19 16:54, Kyle Edwards wrote:
> On Mon, 2019-02-18 at 16:50 +0100, Workbench at gmx.at wrote:
>> Doesn't the content of CMAKE_MODULE_PATH should also include the path
>> to
>> the default modules ??
> The default modules are automatically checked by CMake, independently
> of the contents of CMAKE_MODULE_PATH. They should not normally be
> present in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH.
>
>>> i try to load custom modules. i use
>>>
>>>
>>> list(append CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "/mypathtomdoules")
> The "append" argument should be uppercase:
>
> list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "/mypathtomodules")
>
> Did you receive any warnings about an invalid argument to list()?
>
> Kyle
>
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