[eigen] CMake configuration error on OSX using ninja

["Reicht, Ignaz" <i.reicht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Eigen Developers,

When building Eigen on OSX 10.11.5 using ninja, CMake throws this error:

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CMake Error:
  The detected version of Ninja () is less than the version of Ninja required
  by CMake (1.3).

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This means that the version of Ninja cannot be detected. This is caused, because in file EigenConfigureTesting.cmake line 22: "set(CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM "@EIGEN_MAKECOMMAND_PLACEHOLDER@")" replaces the path to ninja. Here the output of a patched CMake Configuration printing information during determing ninjas version:

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CMake Warning (dev):
   _myDEBUG_1 command:/usr/local/bin/ninja
   _myDEBUG_1 command:--version
   _myDEBUG_1 command this->:/usr/local/bin/ninja
   _myDEBUG_2 extracted version:1.7.1
   _myDEBUG_3 set version:1.7.1

 This warning is for project developers.  Use -Wno-dev to suppress it.

CMake Warning (dev):
   _myDEBUG_1 command:@EIGEN_MAKECOMMAND_PLACEHOLDER@
   _myDEBUG_1 command:--version
   _myDEBUG_1 command this->:@EIGEN_MAKECOMMAND_PLACEHOLDER@
   _myDEBUG_2 extracted version:
   _myDEBUG_3 set version:

 This warning is for project developers.  Use -Wno-dev to suppress it.

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when commenting line 22, everything builds like a charm. Is there any fix planned in future releases?

regards
Ignaz Reicht






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