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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2024-05-01 15:25:28 (GMT)
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2024-05-01 15:25:28 (GMT)
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FPHSA: Add hint for failure when called before project()
Help project authors recognize an ordering mistake. Inspired-by: Jeremy Rifkin @jeremy-rifkin Closes: #25941
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-rw-r--r--Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake b/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake
index 63b2bf2..c6db433 100644
--- a/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake
@@ -225,6 +225,9 @@ macro(_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE _msg)
set (__msg "${_msg}")
if (FPHSA_REASON_FAILURE_MESSAGE)
string(APPEND __msg "\n Reason given by package: ${FPHSA_REASON_FAILURE_MESSAGE}\n")
+ elseif(NOT DEFINED PROJECT_NAME)
+ string(APPEND __msg "\n"
+ "Hint: The project() command has not yet been called. It sets up system-specific search paths.")
endif()
if (${_NAME}_FIND_REQUIRED)
message(FATAL_ERROR "${__msg}")