CTest: Disallow problem chars in build and site names (#11792)

Also, use "(empty)" rather than actually sending an empty string
if build or site name is not set properly.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Source/cmCTest.h b/Source/cmCTest.h
index 44a5349..7c71b00 100644
--- a/Source/cmCTest.h
+++ b/Source/cmCTest.h
@@ -259,6 +259,10 @@ public:
     std::string* stdOut, std::string* stdErr,
     int* retVal = 0, const char* dir = 0, double timeout = 0.0);
 
+  //! Clean/make safe for xml the given value such that it may be used as
+  // one of the key fields by CDash when computing the buildid.
+  static std::string SafeBuildIdField(const std::string& value);
+
   //! Start CTest XML output file
   void StartXML(std::ostream& ostr, bool append);