# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License. See accompanying # file LICENSE.rst or https://cmake.org/licensing for details. #[=======================================================================[.rst: CheckVariableExists ------------------- This module provides a command to check whether a C variable exists. Load this module in a CMake project with: .. code-block:: cmake include(CheckVariableExists) Commands ^^^^^^^^ This module provides the following command: .. command:: check_variable_exists Checks once if a C variable exists: .. code-block:: cmake check_variable_exists( ) This command attempts to compile and link a test C program that references the specified C variable ````. A boolean result of whether the check was successful is stored in an internal cache variable ````. .. note:: Prefer using :module:`CheckSymbolExists` or :module:`CheckSourceCompiles` instead of this command for more robust detection. This command performs a link-only check and doesn't detect whether a variable is also declared in system or library headers. Neither can it detect variables that might be defined as preprocessor macros. .. rubric:: Variables Affecting the Check The following variables may be set before calling this command to modify the way the check is run: .. include:: /module/include/CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS.rst .. include:: /module/include/CMAKE_REQUIRED_DEFINITIONS.rst .. include:: /module/include/CMAKE_REQUIRED_LINK_OPTIONS.rst .. include:: /module/include/CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES.rst .. include:: /module/include/CMAKE_REQUIRED_LINK_DIRECTORIES.rst .. include:: /module/include/CMAKE_REQUIRED_QUIET.rst Examples ^^^^^^^^ Example: Basic Usage """""""""""""""""""" In the following example, a check is performed whether the linker sees the C variable ``tzname`` and stores the check result in the ``PROJECT_HAVE_TZNAME`` internal cache variable: .. code-block:: cmake include(CheckVariableExists) check_variable_exists(tzname PROJECT_HAVE_TZNAME) Example: Isolated Check With Linked Libraries """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" In the following example, this module is used in combination with the :module:`CMakePushCheckState` module to link additional required library using the ``CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES`` variable. For example, in a find module, to check whether the Net-SNMP library has the ``usmHMAC192SHA256AuthProtocol`` array: .. code-block:: cmake include(CheckVariableExists) include(CMakePushCheckState) find_library(SNMP_LIBRARY NAMES netsnmp) if(SNMP_LIBRARY) cmake_push_check_state(RESET) set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES ${SNMP_LIBRARY}) check_variable_exists(usmHMAC192SHA256AuthProtocol SNMP_HAVE_SHA256) cmake_pop_check_state() endif() See Also ^^^^^^^^ * The :module:`CheckSymbolExists` module to check whether a C symbol exists. #]=======================================================================] include_guard(GLOBAL) macro(CHECK_VARIABLE_EXISTS VAR VARIABLE) if(NOT DEFINED "${VARIABLE}") set(MACRO_CHECK_VARIABLE_DEFINITIONS "-DCHECK_VARIABLE_EXISTS=${VAR} ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS}") if(NOT CMAKE_REQUIRED_QUIET) message(CHECK_START "Looking for ${VAR}") endif() if(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LINK_OPTIONS) set(CHECK_VARIABLE_EXISTS_ADD_LINK_OPTIONS LINK_OPTIONS ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_LINK_OPTIONS}) else() set(CHECK_VARIABLE_EXISTS_ADD_LINK_OPTIONS) endif() if(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES) set(CHECK_VARIABLE_EXISTS_ADD_LIBRARIES LINK_LIBRARIES ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES}) else() set(CHECK_VARIABLE_EXISTS_ADD_LIBRARIES) endif() if(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LINK_DIRECTORIES) set(_CVE_LINK_DIRECTORIES "-DLINK_DIRECTORIES:STRING=${CMAKE_REQUIRED_LINK_DIRECTORIES}") else() set(_CVE_LINK_DIRECTORIES) endif() try_compile(${VARIABLE} SOURCES ${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/CheckVariableExists.c COMPILE_DEFINITIONS ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_DEFINITIONS} ${CHECK_VARIABLE_EXISTS_ADD_LINK_OPTIONS} ${CHECK_VARIABLE_EXISTS_ADD_LIBRARIES} CMAKE_FLAGS -DCOMPILE_DEFINITIONS:STRING=${MACRO_CHECK_VARIABLE_DEFINITIONS} "${_CVE_LINK_DIRECTORIES}" ) unset(_CVE_LINK_DIRECTORIES) if(${VARIABLE}) set(${VARIABLE} 1 CACHE INTERNAL "Have variable ${VAR}") if(NOT CMAKE_REQUIRED_QUIET) message(CHECK_PASS "found") endif() else() set(${VARIABLE} "" CACHE INTERNAL "Have variable ${VAR}") if(NOT CMAKE_REQUIRED_QUIET) message(CHECK_FAIL "not found") endif() endif() endif() endmacro()