cmServerProtocol: fix test of empty values

If a required value is in the cache, it is not necessary to set it
explicitly.

Fixes: #16948, #16988

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/Source/cmServerProtocol.cxx b/Source/cmServerProtocol.cxx
index 7a841a85f2..606535ffd7 100644
--- a/Source/cmServerProtocol.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmServerProtocol.cxx
@@ -269,6 +269,10 @@ static bool testHomeDirectory(cmState* state, std::string& value,
 {
   const std::string cachedValue =
     std::string(state->GetCacheEntryValue("CMAKE_HOME_DIRECTORY"));
+  if (value.empty()) {
+    value = cachedValue;
+    return true;
+  }
   const std::string suffix = "/CMakeLists.txt";
   const std::string cachedValueCML = cachedValue + suffix;
   const std::string valueCML = value + suffix;
@@ -279,9 +283,6 @@ static bool testHomeDirectory(cmState* state, std::string& value,
                                 "source directory value."));
     return false;
   }
-  if (value.empty()) {
-    value = cachedValue;
-  }
   return true;
 }
 
@@ -292,15 +293,15 @@ static bool testValue(cmState* state, const std::string& key,
   const char* entry = state->GetCacheEntryValue(key);
   const std::string cachedValue =
     entry == nullptr ? std::string() : std::string(entry);
-  if (!cachedValue.empty() && !value.empty() && cachedValue != value) {
+  if (value.empty()) {
+    value = cachedValue;
+  }
+  if (!cachedValue.empty() && cachedValue != value) {
     setErrorMessage(errorMessage, std::string("\"") + key +
                       "\" is set but incompatible with configured " +
                       keyDescription + " value.");
     return false;
   }
-  if (value.empty()) {
-    value = cachedValue;
-  }
   return true;
 }