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+#===============================================================================
+# @file   CMakeFlagsHandling.cmake
+#
+# @author Nicolas Richart <nicolas.richart@epfl.ch>
+#
+# @date   Tue Oct 16 14:05:02 2012
+#
+# @brief  Set of macros used by akantu to handle the package system
+#
+# @section LICENSE
+#
+# Copyright (©) 2010-2011 EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
+# Laboratory (LSMS - Laboratoire de Simulation en Mécanique des Solides)
+#
+# Akantu is free  software: you can redistribute it and/or  modify it under the
+# terms  of the  GNU Lesser  General Public  License as  published by  the Free
+# Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
+# later version.
+#
+# Akantu is  distributed in the  hope that it  will be useful, but  WITHOUT ANY
+# WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+# A  PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See  the GNU  Lesser General  Public License  for more
+# details.
+#
+# You should  have received  a copy  of the GNU  Lesser General  Public License
+# along with Akantu. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+#===============================================================================
+
+if(_CMAKE_FLAGS_HANDLING)
+  return()
+endif()
+set(_CMAKE_FLAGS_HANDLING TRUE)
+
+
+#===============================================================================
+# Compilation options handling
+#===============================================================================
+macro(_get_flags_message type desc)
+  if(${type} MATCHES "C..")
+    set(${desc} "Flags used by the compiler during all build types.")
+  elseif(${type} MATCHES "EXE_LINKER")
+    set(${desc} "Flags used by the linker.")
+  elseif(${type} MATCHES "SHARED_LINKER")
+    set(${desc} "Flags used by the linker during the creation of dll's.")
+  endif()
+endmacro()
+
+#===============================================================================
+macro(add_flags type flag)
+  string(TOUPPER ${type} _type)
+  set(_var CMAKE_${_type}_FLAGS)
+  _get_flags_message(${_type} _desc)
+  string(REPLACE "${flag}" "match" _temp_var "${${_var}}")
+  if(NOT _temp_var MATCHES "match")
+    set(${_var} "${flag} ${${_var}}" CACHE STRING ${_desc} FORCE)
+  endif()
+endmacro()
+
+#===============================================================================
+macro(remove_flags type flag)
+  string(TOUPPER ${type} _type)
+  set(_var CMAKE_${_type}_FLAGS)
+  _get_flags_message(${_type} _desc)
+  string(REPLACE "${flag} " "" ${_var} "${${_var}}")
+  set(${_var} "${${_var}}" CACHE STRING ${_desc} FORCE)
+endmacro()
+#===============================================================================