# # This function will prevent in-source builds function(AssureOutOfSourceBuilds) # make sure the user doesn't play dirty with symlinks get_filename_component(srcdir "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}" REALPATH) get_filename_component(bindir "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}" REALPATH) # disallow in-source builds if("${srcdir}" STREQUAL "${bindir}") message("######################################################") message("# jsoncpp should not be configured & built in the jsoncpp source directory") message("# You must run cmake in a build directory.") message("# For example:") message("# mkdir jsoncpp-Sandbox ; cd jsoncpp-sandbox") message("# git clone https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp.git # or download & unpack the source tarball") message("# mkdir jsoncpp-build") message("# this will create the following directory structure") message("#") message("# jsoncpp-Sandbox") message("# +--jsoncpp") message("# +--jsoncpp-build") message("#") message("# Then you can proceed to configure and build") message("# by using the following commands") message("#") message("# cd jsoncpp-build") message("# cmake ../jsoncpp # or ccmake, or cmake-gui ") message("# make") message("#") message("# NOTE: Given that you already tried to make an in-source build") message("# CMake have already created several files & directories") message("# in your source tree. run 'git status' to find them and") message("# remove them by doing:") message("#") message("# cd jsoncpp-Sandbox/jsoncpp") message("# git clean -n -d") message("# git clean -f -d") message("# git checkout --") message("#") message("######################################################") message(FATAL_ERROR "Quitting configuration") endif() endfunction() AssureOutOfSourceBuilds()