[CMake] problems with cache and findvtk

[Dominik Szczerba]

On Sat, 2009-07-25 at 18:37 +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 11:05 PM, David Cole<david.cole at kitware.com> wrote:
> > ccmake . does not erase the cache.
> 
> Yes, it does AFAIK. When you have conflicting compiler defined in let
> say VTK and another set ITK, and you try to import them. Unless you
> use CMAKE_OVERRIDE_COMPILER_MISMATCH, cmake will start deleting your
> entries in the cache.
> 

That is compatible with my experience.

> the only solution I found is to make sure to use cmake (not ccmake)
> and pass the appropriate -DVTK_DIR option on the first configure. Once
> this passed, you can use ccmake again.
> 

Indeed - and some more like CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE. Only to have to use
command line switches anyway pretty much ruins the idea of initial
cache, does it not.

best regards,
Dominik

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