They (Kitware) typically write custom .cmake files to test the function/macro under test coupled together with a CMakeLists.txt file and/or a small C/C++ implementation file. Look here [1] for some examples, for instance CMake/Tests/MacroTest.
Greetings, Kai http://kai-wolf.me http://effective-cmake.com [1] https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/tree/master/Tests > Am 10.12.2018 um 13:30 schrieb Ramold, Felix <felix.ram...@kuka.com>: > > We created multiple additional functions for CMake. They became quite a lot, > and we need to (unit) test them. > There are simple ones, that are only variable bases like: > function(join_list LIST GLUE) > These can be tested with a custom CMake Script, that checks the results. For > this we also wrote a set of assert-macros. > This becomes way harder when the functions are target based: > function(target_my_custom_property_set TARGET VALUE) > We need a multiple CMakeLists.txt Files that need to be configured. > Configuration must succeed or fail with specified messages. Also the result > files must be checked. > I wonder, is there an easier way? Is there a existing framework? How does > Kitware test the shipped modules? > Note: My original Stackoverflow question: > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51948060/testing-our-cmake-modules > > Thanks, > Felix > -- > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more > information on each offering, please visit: > > CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html > CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html > CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > https://cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
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