[CMake] Problem with if() and booleans

[Philip Lowman]

On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 8:00 PM, Robert Dailey <rcdailey at gmail.com> wrote:

> I currently have the following macro:
>
> macro( get_conf_dependencies var_name project_name debug )
>    if( debug )
>        message( "Using DEBUG" )
>        set( ${var_name} ${${project_name}_DEBUG_DEPENDENCIES} )
>    else()
>        set( ${var_name} ${${project_name}_RELEASE_DEPENDENCIES} )
>    endif()
> endmacro()
> I then call the macro in two particular ways:
> get_conf_dependencies( myVar myProject TRUE )
> get_conf_dependencies( myVar myProject FALSE )
> In both cases, I *do not* get the message "Using DEBUG". Are my eyes
> playing tricks on me, or is CMake not processing trivial boolean logic
> properly in its conditionals? I'm using version 2.6.3.
>

I ran into the same issue a while back.  Use a function() or actual
variables in your call to get_conf_dependencies.
http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=8397

-- 
Philip Lowman
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