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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2006-02-10 00:23:18 (GMT)
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2006-02-10 00:23:18 (GMT)
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ENH: Made Check* modules more consistent and well documented. Added CMAKE_REQUIRED_DEFINITIONS option.
Diffstat (limited to 'Modules/CheckLibraryExists.cmake')
-rw-r--r--Modules/CheckLibraryExists.cmake15
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/CheckLibraryExists.cmake b/Modules/CheckLibraryExists.cmake
index 822c3f3..fbdac5f 100644
--- a/Modules/CheckLibraryExists.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CheckLibraryExists.cmake
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@
# FUNCTION - the name of the function
# LOCATION - location where the library should be found
# VARIABLE - variable to store the result
-#
-# If CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS is set then those flags will be passed into the
-# compile of the program likewise if CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES is set then
-# those libraries will be linked against the test program
-
+#
+# The following variables may be set before calling this macro to
+# modify the way the check is run:
+#
+# CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS = string of compile command line flags
+# CMAKE_REQUIRED_DEFINITIONS = list of macros to define (-DFOO=bar)
+# CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES = list of libraries to link
MACRO(CHECK_LIBRARY_EXISTS LIBRARY FUNCTION LOCATION VARIABLE)
IF("${VARIABLE}" MATCHES "^${VARIABLE}$")
@@ -20,10 +22,13 @@ MACRO(CHECK_LIBRARY_EXISTS LIBRARY FUNCTION LOCATION VARIABLE)
IF(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES)
SET(CHECK_LIBRARY_EXISTS_LIBRARIES
${CHECK_LIBRARY_EXISTS_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES})
+ ELSE(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES)
+ SET(CHECK_LIBRARY_EXISTS_LIBRARIES)
ENDIF(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES)
TRY_COMPILE(${VARIABLE}
${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/CheckFunctionExists.c
+ COMPILE_DEFINITIONS ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_DEFINITIONS}
CMAKE_FLAGS
-DCOMPILE_DEFINITIONS:STRING=${MACRO_CHECK_LIBRARY_EXISTS_DEFINITION}
-DLINK_DIRECTORIES:STRING=${LOCATION}