[CMake] Patch utility is installed, but my ExternalProject build step fails to execute it

David Brown cypher543 at gmail.com
Sun Feb 24 21:07:52 EST 2013


Silly me... It was the quotes around the command. Sorry!

On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 7:58 PM, David Brown <cypher543 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to patch and build a Makefile-based project using the
> ExternalProject module. My patch command looks like this:
>
>     PATCH_COMMAND "patch -p1 -t -N < ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/IntelDFP.patch"
>
> When building, however, I get this:
>
>     [ 10%] Performing patch step for 'IntelDFP'
>     /bin/sh: 1: patch -p1 -t -N <
> /home/david/Projects/db/IntelDFP.patch: not found
>
> I'm certain that the patch utility is installed and that the patch
> file path is correct. If I run that command myself, it works fine. So
> why does the CMake-generated Makefile fail to execute it?


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