[Pkg-electronics-devel] Bug#897100: kicad FTBFS with cmake 3.11.1

[Juhani Numminen]

Control: forwarded -1 https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg35237.html
Control: tags -1 fixed-upstream

On Sat, 28 Apr 2018 16:40:47 +0300 Adrian Bunk <bunk at debian.org> wrote:

> Source: kicad
> Version: 4.0.7+dfsg1-1
> ...
> CMake Error at CMakeModules/CheckCXXSymbolExists.cmake:41 (_CHECK_SYMBOL_EXISTS):
>   Unknown CMake command "_CHECK_SYMBOL_EXISTS".
> Call Stack (most recent call first):
>   CMakeModules/PerformFeatureChecks.cmake:86 (check_cxx_symbol_exists)
>   CMakeLists.txt:141 (perform_feature_checks)

Looks like the upstream developers know of this issue. They have now removed
CheckCXXSymbolExists.cmake, which apparently was a convenience copy:
https://git.launchpad.net/kicad/commit?id=2e0b75c058d676f427328506bbf3bc10079da117

Debian bug #897115 was resolved in the same manner.


Juhani