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0015030

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2014-07-20 13:16

2016-06-10 14:31

Reporter

Christopher Yeleighton

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Kitware Robot

Priority

normal

Severity

minor

Reproducibility

always

Status

closed

Resolution

moved

Platform

x86_64

openSUSE

OS Version

13.1

Product Version

CMake 2.8.11.2

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Fixed in Version

Summary

0015030: Error messages from configure_file do not show the root of the problem

Description

In general, when a system-level exception happens, the exception should be reported via a system facility like perror. I currently get:

/usr/share/kde4/apps/cmake/modules/FindKDE4Internal.cmake(1491): configure_file(${kde_cmake_module_dir}/kde4_cmake_uninstall.cmake.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_uninstall.cmake @ONLY )
CMake Error at /usr/share/kde4/apps/cmake/modules/FindKDE4Internal.cmake:1491 (configure_file):
  configure_file Problem configuring file
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  /usr/share/cmake/Modules/FindKDE4.cmake:95 (find_package)
  CMakeLists.txt:30 (FIND_PACKAGE)

This is not enough to identify the cause of the failure.

Steps To Reproduce

mkdir -p b/cmake_uninstall.cmake/kde4_cmake_uninstall.cmake.in &&
cd b &&
cmake ../libkexiv2-4.13.1

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(0036420) David Cole (manager) 2014-07-21 09:56	In your reproduce case, there is a directory named the same as what the output of configure_file is supposed to be... (which is a file, not a directory) What error message would you expect to see in such a case? It is clear to me from the reported error, that there is some sort of problem with either "${kde_cmake_module_dir}/kde4_cmake_uninstall.cmake.in" or "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_uninstall.cmake" -- upon inspection of those two paths, you should be able to figure something out.

(0036421) Brad King (manager) 2014-07-21 10:06	Several code paths within the configure_file implementation: http://cmake.org/gitweb?p=cmake.git;a=blob;f=Source/cmConfigureFileCommand.cxx;hb=v3.0.0#l113 [^] already report their own errors which are then followed by the generic 'Problem configuring file' message. There must be some code paths that can fail without producing a more detailed message.

(0042587) Kitware Robot (administrator) 2016-06-10 14:29	Resolving issue as `moved`. This issue tracker is no longer used. Further discussion of this issue may take place in the current CMake Issues page linked in the banner at the top of this page.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2014-07-20 13:16	Christopher Yeleighton	New Issue
2014-07-21 09:56	David Cole	Note Added: 0036420
2014-07-21 10:06	Brad King	Note Added: 0036421
2016-06-10 14:29	Kitware Robot	Note Added: 0042587
2016-06-10 14:29	Kitware Robot	Status	new => resolved
2016-06-10 14:29	Kitware Robot	Resolution	open => moved
2016-06-10 14:29	Kitware Robot	Assigned To	=> Kitware Robot
2016-06-10 14:31	Kitware Robot	Status	resolved => closed