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| -rw-r--r-- | cmake/tests.cmake | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cmake/tests.cmake b/cmake/tests.cmake index d7522759..ec790e33 100644 --- a/cmake/tests.cmake +++ b/cmake/tests.cmake @@ -1,5 +1,10 @@ if (NOT EXISTS "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../third_party/googletest/CMakeLists.txt") - message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot find third_party/googletest directory.") + message(FATAL_ERROR + "Cannot find third_party/googletest directory that's needed to " + "build tests. If you use git, make sure you have cloned submodules:\n" + " git submodule update --init --recursive\n" + "If instead you want to skip tests, run cmake with:\n" + " cmake -Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=OFF\n") endif() option(protobuf_ABSOLUTE_TEST_PLUGIN_PATH |