[CMake] CTest return value in the case of an build error

[Floca Ralf Omar]

Hello,

 

I want to use CTest for nightly builds. In this context I need to know
if there were any errors while configuring, building or testing (...)
the target. I need this to trigger other events in the nightly build
script. (Platform: Windows XP, Visual Studio 2005)

 

When using CTest with the "-D Nightly" flag (or single step versions
like NightlyUpdate), it seems that it returns an error value (!=0) if a
step fails. This is true for all steps except the build step. Even if
there is an error while building one of the target's projects the return
of CTest will be 0. In difference one failing test in the test step will
cause a return value of != 0.

 

Is there any sound way to query if the build step failed or at least if
any error occurred in the whole Nightly Build processing? It seems to me
that parsing the build.xml file of the according nightly build for
<Error> elements is not a very elegant way.

 

Thank you for any help or suggestion.

 

Kind regards,

 

Ralf Floca

 

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