On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 11:03 PM, ankit jain <[email protected]> wrote:

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> From: ankit jain <[email protected]>
> Date: 2009/2/17
> Subject: Re: [CMake] setting environment variable through cmake
> To: Philip Lowman <[email protected]>
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> 2009/2/17 Philip Lowman <[email protected]>
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>  On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 7:46 AM, ankit jain <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I want to set an enviromnet varibale but not able to do it.
>>> Currently iam using the command:
>>> SET( ENV{varname} value )
>>>
>>> But it is not working.
>>> Can anybody guide me how to do it by giving an example.
>>>
>>
>> Are you trying to set an environment variable that can be used during
>> build time?  This isn't possible.
>>
>> http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ#How_can_I_get_or_set_environment_variables.3F
>>
>> Could you elaborate on when you need the environment variable?
>>
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>> I need to set the environment variable at the time of testing since my
>> test needs two environment variable that need to be set fro running the
>> tests.
>>
> Iam using cmake 2.6
>

This should work on the latest CMake 2.6.3 RC, provided you use "make test".

set_tests_properties(foo PROPERTIES ENVIRONMENT foo=bar)


-- 
Philip Lowman
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