CMake/Modules/CheckCXXCompilerFlag.cmake

# - Check whether the CXX compiler supports a given flag.
# CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG(<flag> <var>)
#  <flag> - the compiler flag
#  <var>  - variable to store the result
# This internally calls the check_cxx_source_compiles macro.  See help
# for CheckCXXSourceCompiles for a listing of variables that can
# modify the build.

#=============================================================================
# Copyright 2006-2009 Kitware, Inc.
# Copyright 2006 Alexander Neundorf <neundorf@kde.org>
#
# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD License (the "License");
# see accompanying file Copyright.txt for details.
#
# This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
# implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
# See the License for more information.
#=============================================================================
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#  License text for the above reference.)

INCLUDE(CheckCXXSourceCompiles)

MACRO (CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG _FLAG _RESULT)
   SET(SAFE_CMAKE_REQUIRED_DEFINITIONS "${CMAKE_REQUIRED_DEFINITIONS}")
   SET(CMAKE_REQUIRED_DEFINITIONS "${_FLAG}")
   CHECK_CXX_SOURCE_COMPILES("int main() { return 0;}" ${_RESULT}
     # Some compilers do not fail with a bad flag
     FAIL_REGEX "unrecognized .*option"                     # GNU
     FAIL_REGEX "ignoring unknown option"                   # MSVC
     FAIL_REGEX "[Uu]nknown option"                         # HP
     FAIL_REGEX "[Ww]arning: [Oo]ption"                     # SunPro
     FAIL_REGEX "command option .* is not recognized"       # XL
     )
   SET (CMAKE_REQUIRED_DEFINITIONS "${SAFE_CMAKE_REQUIRED_DEFINITIONS}")
ENDMACRO (CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG)