CMake/Modules/CMakeTestCXXCompiler.cmake

# This file is used by EnableLanguage in cmGlobalGenerator to
# determine that that selected C++ compiler can actually compile
# and like the most basic of programs.   If not, a fatel error
# is set and cmake stops processing commands and will not generate
# any makefiles or projects.
IF(NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_WORKS)
  MESSAGE(STATUS "Check for working CXX compiler: ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}")
  FILE(WRITE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/CMakeTmp/testCXXCompiler.cxx "int main(){return 0;}\n")
  TRY_COMPILE(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_WORKS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} 
    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/CMakeTmp/testCXXCompiler.cxx
    OUTPUT_VARIABLE OUTPUT)
ENDIF(NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_WORKS)
IF(NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_WORKS)
  MESSAGE(STATUS "Check for working CXX compiler: ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} -- broken")
  MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "The C++ compiler \"${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}\" "
    "is not able to compile a simple tests program.\nIt fails "
    "with the following output:\n ${OUTPUT}\n\n"
    "CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.")
ELSE(NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_WORKS)
  MESSAGE(STATUS "Check for working CXX compiler: ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} -- works")
ENDIF(NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_WORKS)