Merge topic 'matches-cleanup'

f21ac16e Replace MATCHES test on numbers with EQUAL test
7eacbaed Replace MATCHES ".+" tests with NOT STREQUAL ""
3a71d34c Use CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME instead of CMAKE_SYSTEM where sufficient
b0b4b460 Remove .* expressions from beginning and end of MATCHES regexs
5bd48ac5 Replace string(REGEX REPLACE) with string(REPLACE) where possible
2622bc3f Clean up usage of if(... MATCHES regex) followed string(REGEX REPLACE regex)

CompileFlags.cmake

@@ -34,20 +34,20 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 #silence duplicate symbol warnings on AIX
-if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "AIX.*")
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "AIX")
   if(NOT CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
     set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -bhalt:5 ")
   endif()
 endif()
 
-if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "IRIX.*")
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "IRIX")
   if(NOT CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wl,-woff84 -no_auto_include")
     set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,-woff15")
   endif()
 endif()
 
-if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-V.*")
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-V")
   if(NOT CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -timplicit_local -no_implicit_include ")
   endif()

Modules/BasicConfigVersion-ExactVersion.cmake.in

@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
 
 set(PACKAGE_VERSION "@CVF_VERSION@")
 
-if("@CVF_VERSION@" MATCHES "^([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)\\..*") # strip the tweak version
+if("@CVF_VERSION@" MATCHES "^([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)\\.") # strip the tweak version
   set(CVF_VERSION_NO_TWEAK "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
 else()
   set(CVF_VERSION_NO_TWEAK "@CVF_VERSION@")
 endif()
 
-if("${PACKAGE_FIND_VERSION}" MATCHES "^([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)\\..*") # strip the tweak version
+if("${PACKAGE_FIND_VERSION}" MATCHES "^([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)\\.") # strip the tweak version
   set(REQUESTED_VERSION_NO_TWEAK "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
 else()
   set(REQUESTED_VERSION_NO_TWEAK "${PACKAGE_FIND_VERSION}")

Modules/BundleUtilities.cmake

@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ function(get_bundle_main_executable bundle result_var)
     #
     set(eol_char "E")
     file(READ "${bundle}/Contents/Info.plist" info_plist)
-    string(REGEX REPLACE ";" "\\\\;" info_plist "${info_plist}")
-    string(REGEX REPLACE "\n" "${eol_char};" info_plist "${info_plist}")
+    string(REPLACE ";" "\\;" info_plist "${info_plist}")
+    string(REPLACE "\n" "${eol_char};" info_plist "${info_plist}")
 
     # Scan the lines for "<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>" - the line after that
     # is the name of the main executable.
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ function(get_bundle_main_executable bundle result_var)
         break()
       endif()
 
-      if(line MATCHES "^.*<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>.*$")
+      if(line MATCHES "<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>")
         set(line_is_main_executable 1)
       endif()
     endforeach()
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ endfunction()
 function(get_dotapp_dir exe dotapp_dir_var)
   set(s "${exe}")
 
-  if(s MATCHES "^.*/.*\\.app/.*$")
+  if(s MATCHES "/.*\\.app/")
     # If there is a ".app" parent directory,
     # ascend until we hit it:
     #   (typical of a Mac bundle executable)
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ function(get_item_key item key_var)
   if(WIN32)
     string(TOLOWER "${item_name}" item_name)
   endif()
-  string(REGEX REPLACE "\\." "_" ${key_var} "${item_name}")
+  string(REPLACE "." "_" ${key_var} "${item_name}")
   set(${key_var} ${${key_var}} PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
 

Modules/CMakeBackwardCompatibilityCXX.cmake

@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_SKIP_COMPATIBILITY_TESTS)
   if(NOT CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
     include(TestCXXAcceptsFlag)
     set(CMAKE_TRY_ANSI_CXX_FLAGS "")
-    if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "IRIX.*")
+    if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "IRIX")
       set(CMAKE_TRY_ANSI_CXX_FLAGS "-LANG:std")
     endif()
-    if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF.*")
+    if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "OSF")
       set(CMAKE_TRY_ANSI_CXX_FLAGS "-std strict_ansi -nopure_cname")
     endif()
     # if CMAKE_TRY_ANSI_CXX_FLAGS has something in it, see
     # if the compiler accepts it
-    if( CMAKE_TRY_ANSI_CXX_FLAGS MATCHES ".+")
+    if(NOT CMAKE_TRY_ANSI_CXX_FLAGS STREQUAL "")
       CHECK_CXX_ACCEPTS_FLAG(${CMAKE_TRY_ANSI_CXX_FLAGS} CMAKE_CXX_ACCEPTS_FLAGS)
       # if the compiler liked the flag then set CMAKE_ANSI_CXXFLAGS
       # to the flag

Modules/CMakeDetermineASMCompiler.cmake

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ include(${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompiler.cmake)
 
 if(NOT CMAKE_ASM${ASM_DIALECT}_COMPILER)
   # prefer the environment variable ASM
-  if($ENV{ASM${ASM_DIALECT}} MATCHES ".+")
+  if(NOT $ENV{ASM${ASM_DIALECT}} STREQUAL "")
     set(CMAKE_ASM${ASM_DIALECT}_COMPILER_INIT "$ENV{ASM${ASM_DIALECT}}")
   endif()
 

Modules/CMakeDetermineCCompiler.cmake

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ else()
     set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_INIT NOTFOUND)
 
     # prefer the environment variable CC
-    if($ENV{CC} MATCHES ".+")
+    if(NOT $ENV{CC} STREQUAL "")
       get_filename_component(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_INIT $ENV{CC} PROGRAM PROGRAM_ARGS CMAKE_C_FLAGS_ENV_INIT)
       if(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_ENV_INIT)
         set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ARG1 "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_ENV_INIT}" CACHE STRING "First argument to C compiler")
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ if (CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING  AND NOT _CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX)
     elseif("${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "Clang")
       set(_CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_TARGET}-)
     elseif(COMPILER_BASENAME MATCHES "qcc(\\.exe)?$")
-      if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_TARGET MATCHES "gcc_nto([^_le]+)(le)?.*$")
+      if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_TARGET MATCHES "gcc_nto([^_le]+)(le)?")
         set(_CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX nto${CMAKE_MATCH_1}-)
       endif()
     endif ()

Modules/CMakeDetermineCXXCompiler.cmake

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ else()
     set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_INIT NOTFOUND)
 
     # prefer the environment variable CXX
-    if($ENV{CXX} MATCHES ".+")
+    if(NOT $ENV{CXX} STREQUAL "")
       get_filename_component(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_INIT $ENV{CXX} PROGRAM PROGRAM_ARGS CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_ENV_INIT)
       if(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_ENV_INIT)
         set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ARG1 "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_ENV_INIT}" CACHE STRING "First argument to CXX compiler")
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ if (CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING  AND NOT  _CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX)
     elseif("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "Clang")
       set(_CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_TARGET}-)
     elseif(COMPILER_BASENAME MATCHES "QCC(\\.exe)?$")
-      if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_TARGET MATCHES "gcc_nto([^_le]+)(le)?.*$")
+      if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_TARGET MATCHES "gcc_nto([^_le]+)(le)?")
         set(_CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX nto${CMAKE_MATCH_1}-)
       endif()
     endif ()

Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerABI.cmake

@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ function(CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ABI lang src)
         "Detecting ${lang} compiler ABI info compiled with the following output:\n${OUTPUT}\n\n")
       file(STRINGS "${BIN}" ABI_STRINGS LIMIT_COUNT 2 REGEX "INFO:[^[]*\\[")
       foreach(info ${ABI_STRINGS})
-        if("${info}" MATCHES ".*INFO:sizeof_dptr\\[0*([^]]*)\\].*")
-          string(REGEX REPLACE ".*INFO:sizeof_dptr\\[0*([^]]*)\\].*" "\\1" ABI_SIZEOF_DPTR "${info}")
+        if("${info}" MATCHES "INFO:sizeof_dptr\\[0*([^]]*)\\]")
+          set(ABI_SIZEOF_DPTR "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
         endif()
-        if("${info}" MATCHES ".*INFO:abi\\[([^]]*)\\].*")
-          string(REGEX REPLACE ".*INFO:abi\\[([^]]*)\\].*" "\\1" ABI_NAME "${info}")
+        if("${info}" MATCHES "INFO:abi\\[([^]]*)\\]")
+          set(ABI_NAME "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
         endif()
       endforeach()
 

Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function(CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ID lang flagvar src)
   else()
     set(CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER_ID_FLAGS $ENV{${flagvar}})
   endif()
-  string(REGEX REPLACE " " ";" CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER_ID_FLAGS_LIST "${CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER_ID_FLAGS}")
+  string(REPLACE " " ";" CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER_ID_FLAGS_LIST "${CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER_ID_FLAGS}")
 
   # Compute the directory in which to run the test.
   set(CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER_ID_DIR ${CMAKE_PLATFORM_INFO_DIR}/CompilerId${lang})
@@ -356,35 +356,30 @@ function(CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ID_CHECK lang file)
       CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER_ID_STRINGS LIMIT_COUNT 6 REGEX "INFO:")
     set(COMPILER_ID_TWICE)
     foreach(info ${CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER_ID_STRINGS})
-      if("${info}" MATCHES ".*INFO:compiler\\[([^]\"]*)\\].*")
+      if("${info}" MATCHES "INFO:compiler\\[([^]\"]*)\\]")
         if(COMPILER_ID)
           set(COMPILER_ID_TWICE 1)
         endif()
-        string(REGEX REPLACE ".*INFO:compiler\\[([^]]*)\\].*" "\\1"
-          COMPILER_ID "${info}")
+        set(COMPILER_ID "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
       endif()
-      if("${info}" MATCHES ".*INFO:platform\\[([^]\"]*)\\].*")
-        string(REGEX REPLACE ".*INFO:platform\\[([^]]*)\\].*" "\\1"
-          PLATFORM_ID "${info}")
+      if("${info}" MATCHES "INFO:platform\\[([^]\"]*)\\]")
+        set(PLATFORM_ID "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
       endif()
-      if("${info}" MATCHES ".*INFO:arch\\[([^]\"]*)\\].*")
-        string(REGEX REPLACE ".*INFO:arch\\[([^]]*)\\].*" "\\1"
-          ARCHITECTURE_ID "${info}")
+      if("${info}" MATCHES "INFO:arch\\[([^]\"]*)\\]")
+        set(ARCHITECTURE_ID "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
       endif()
-      if("${info}" MATCHES ".*INFO:compiler_version\\[([^]\"]*)\\].*")
-        string(REGEX REPLACE ".*INFO:compiler_version\\[([^]]*)\\].*" "\\1" COMPILER_VERSION "${info}")
-        string(REGEX REPLACE "^0+([0-9])" "\\1" COMPILER_VERSION "${COMPILER_VERSION}")
+      if("${info}" MATCHES "INFO:compiler_version\\[([^]\"]*)\\]")
+        string(REGEX REPLACE "^0+([0-9])" "\\1" COMPILER_VERSION "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
         string(REGEX REPLACE "\\.0+([0-9])" ".\\1" COMPILER_VERSION "${COMPILER_VERSION}")
       endif()
-      if("${info}" MATCHES ".*INFO:simulate\\[([^]\"]*)\\].*")
+      if("${info}" MATCHES "INFO:simulate\\[([^]\"]*)\\]")
         set(SIMULATE_ID "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
       endif()
-      if("${info}" MATCHES ".*INFO:simulate_version\\[([^]\"]*)\\].*")
-        set(SIMULATE_VERSION "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
-        string(REGEX REPLACE "^0+([0-9])" "\\1" SIMULATE_VERSION "${SIMULATE_VERSION}")
+      if("${info}" MATCHES "INFO:simulate_version\\[([^]\"]*)\\]")
+        string(REGEX REPLACE "^0+([0-9])" "\\1" SIMULATE_VERSION "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
         string(REGEX REPLACE "\\.0+([0-9])" ".\\1" SIMULATE_VERSION "${SIMULATE_VERSION}")
       endif()
-      if("${info}" MATCHES ".*INFO:qnxnto")
+      if("${info}" MATCHES "INFO:qnxnto")
         set(COMPILER_QNXNTO 1)
       endif()
     endforeach()

Modules/CMakeDetermineFortranCompiler.cmake

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ elseif("${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" MATCHES "Xcode")
 else()
   if(NOT CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER)
     # prefer the environment variable CC
-    if($ENV{FC} MATCHES ".+")
+    if(NOT $ENV{FC} STREQUAL "")
       get_filename_component(CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_INIT $ENV{FC} PROGRAM PROGRAM_ARGS CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_ENV_INIT)
       if(CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_ENV_INIT)
         set(CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ARG1 "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_ENV_INIT}" CACHE STRING "First argument to Fortran compiler")
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID_RUN)
       ARGS ${CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID_FLAGS_LIST} -E "\"${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/CMakeTestGNU.c\""
       OUTPUT_VARIABLE CMAKE_COMPILER_OUTPUT RETURN_VALUE CMAKE_COMPILER_RETURN)
     if(NOT CMAKE_COMPILER_RETURN)
-      if("${CMAKE_COMPILER_OUTPUT}" MATCHES ".*THIS_IS_GNU.*" )
+      if("${CMAKE_COMPILER_OUTPUT}" MATCHES "THIS_IS_GNU")
         set(CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID "GNU")
         file(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeOutput.log
           "Determining if the Fortran compiler is GNU succeeded with "
@@ -141,10 +141,10 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID_RUN)
           "the following output:\n${CMAKE_COMPILER_OUTPUT}\n\n")
       endif()
       if(NOT CMAKE_Fortran_PLATFORM_ID)
-        if("${CMAKE_COMPILER_OUTPUT}" MATCHES ".*THIS_IS_MINGW.*" )
+        if("${CMAKE_COMPILER_OUTPUT}" MATCHES "THIS_IS_MINGW")
           set(CMAKE_Fortran_PLATFORM_ID "MinGW")
         endif()
-        if("${CMAKE_COMPILER_OUTPUT}" MATCHES ".*THIS_IS_CYGWIN.*" )
+        if("${CMAKE_COMPILER_OUTPUT}" MATCHES "THIS_IS_CYGWIN")
           set(CMAKE_Fortran_PLATFORM_ID "Cygwin")
         endif()
       endif()

Modules/CMakeDetermineJavaCompiler.cmake

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 if(NOT CMAKE_Java_COMPILER)
   # prefer the environment variable CC
-  if($ENV{JAVA_COMPILER} MATCHES ".+")
+  if(NOT $ENV{JAVA_COMPILER} STREQUAL "")
     get_filename_component(CMAKE_Java_COMPILER_INIT $ENV{JAVA_COMPILER} PROGRAM PROGRAM_ARGS CMAKE_Java_FLAGS_ENV_INIT)
     if(CMAKE_Java_FLAGS_ENV_INIT)
       set(CMAKE_Java_COMPILER_ARG1 "${CMAKE_Java_FLAGS_ENV_INIT}" CACHE STRING "First argument to Java compiler")
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_Java_COMPILER)
     endif()
   endif()
 
-  if($ENV{JAVA_RUNTIME} MATCHES ".+")
+  if(NOT $ENV{JAVA_RUNTIME} STREQUAL "")
     get_filename_component(CMAKE_Java_RUNTIME_INIT $ENV{JAVA_RUNTIME} PROGRAM PROGRAM_ARGS CMAKE_Java_FLAGS_ENV_INIT)
     if(NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_Java_RUNTIME_INIT})
       message(SEND_ERROR "Could not find compiler set in environment variable JAVA_RUNTIME:\n$ENV{JAVA_RUNTIME}.")
     endif()
   endif()
 
-  if($ENV{JAVA_ARCHIVE} MATCHES ".+")
+  if(NOT $ENV{JAVA_ARCHIVE} STREQUAL "")
     get_filename_component(CMAKE_Java_ARCHIVE_INIT $ENV{JAVA_ARCHIVE} PROGRAM PROGRAM_ARGS CMAKE_Java_FLAGS_ENV_INIT)
     if(NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_Java_ARCHIVE_INIT})
       message(SEND_ERROR "Could not find compiler set in environment variable JAVA_ARCHIVE:\n$ENV{JAVA_ARCHIVE}.")

Modules/CMakeDetermineRCCompiler.cmake

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 # as a default compiler
 if(NOT CMAKE_RC_COMPILER)
   # prefer the environment variable RC
-  if($ENV{RC} MATCHES ".+")
+  if(NOT $ENV{RC} STREQUAL "")
     get_filename_component(CMAKE_RC_COMPILER_INIT $ENV{RC} PROGRAM PROGRAM_ARGS CMAKE_RC_FLAGS_ENV_INIT)
     if(CMAKE_RC_FLAGS_ENV_INIT)
       set(CMAKE_RC_COMPILER_ARG1 "${CMAKE_RC_FLAGS_ENV_INIT}" CACHE STRING "First argument to RC compiler")

Modules/CMakeDetermineSystem.cmake

@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ if(CMAKE_HOST_UNIX)
     endif()
     set(CMAKE_UNAME ${CMAKE_UNAME} CACHE INTERNAL "uname command")
     # processor may have double quote in the name, and that needs to be removed
-    string(REGEX REPLACE "\"" "" CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR "${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}")
-    string(REGEX REPLACE "/" "_" CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR "${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}")
+    string(REPLACE "\"" "" CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR "${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}")
+    string(REPLACE "/" "_" CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR "${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}")
   endif()
 else()
   if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)

Modules/CMakeExportBuildSettings.cmake

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ endif()
 # loaded by another project using CMAKE_IMPORT_BUILD_SETTINGS.  Now it
 # creates a file that refuses to load (with comment explaining why).
 macro(CMAKE_EXPORT_BUILD_SETTINGS SETTINGS_FILE)
-  if(${SETTINGS_FILE} MATCHES ".+")
+  if(NOT ${SETTINGS_FILE} STREQUAL "")
     configure_file(${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/CMakeBuildSettings.cmake.in
                    ${SETTINGS_FILE} @ONLY)
   else()

Modules/CMakeImportBuildSettings.cmake

@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
 # This macro used to load build settings from another project that
 # stored settings using the CMAKE_EXPORT_BUILD_SETTINGS macro.
 macro(CMAKE_IMPORT_BUILD_SETTINGS SETTINGS_FILE)
-  if(${SETTINGS_FILE} MATCHES ".+")
-  else()
+  if("${SETTINGS_FILE}" STREQUAL "")
     message(SEND_ERROR "CMAKE_IMPORT_BUILD_SETTINGS called with no argument.")
   endif()
 endmacro()

Modules/CMakeParseImplicitLinkInfo.cmake

@@ -64,10 +64,9 @@ function(CMAKE_PARSE_IMPLICIT_LINK_INFO text lib_var dir_var fwk_var log_var obj
           string(REGEX REPLACE "^-L" "" dir "${arg}")
           list(APPEND implicit_dirs_tmp ${dir})
           set(log "${log}    arg [${arg}] ==> dir [${dir}]\n")
-        elseif("${arg}" MATCHES "^-l[^:]")
+        elseif("${arg}" MATCHES "^-l([^:].*)$")
           # Unix library.
-          string(REGEX REPLACE "^-l" "" lib "${arg}")
-          list(APPEND implicit_libs_tmp ${lib})
+          list(APPEND implicit_libs_tmp ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
           set(log "${log}    arg [${arg}] ==> lib [${lib}]\n")
         elseif("${arg}" MATCHES "^(.:)?[/\\].*\\.a$")
           # Unix library full path.
@@ -97,11 +96,10 @@ function(CMAKE_PARSE_IMPLICIT_LINK_INFO text lib_var dir_var fwk_var log_var obj
         endif()
       endforeach()
       break()
-    elseif("${line}" MATCHES "LPATH(=| is:? )")
+    elseif("${line}" MATCHES "LPATH(=| is:? *)(.*)$")
       set(log "${log}  LPATH line: [${line}]\n")
       # HP search path.
-      string(REGEX REPLACE ".*LPATH(=| is:? *)" "" paths "${line}")
-      string(REPLACE ":" ";" paths "${paths}")
+      string(REPLACE ":" ";" paths "${CMAKE_MATCH_2}")
       list(APPEND implicit_dirs_tmp ${paths})
       set(log "${log}    dirs [${paths}]\n")
     else()

Modules/CPackDeb.cmake

@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ if(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SHLIBDEPS)
       OUTPUT_VARIABLE CPACK_DEB_INSTALL_FILES)
 
     # Convert to CMake list
-    string(REGEX REPLACE "\n" ";" CPACK_DEB_INSTALL_FILES ${CPACK_DEB_INSTALL_FILES})
+    string(REPLACE "\n" ";" CPACK_DEB_INSTALL_FILES ${CPACK_DEB_INSTALL_FILES})
 
     # Only dynamically linked ELF files are included
     # Extract only file name infront of ":"

Modules/CPackRPM.cmake

@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ if(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_DEBUG)
                     OUTPUT_VARIABLE _TMP_LSB_RELEASE_OUTPUT
                     ERROR_QUIET
                     OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-    string(REGEX REPLACE "\n" ", "
+    string(REPLACE "\n" ", "
            LSB_RELEASE_OUTPUT
            ${_TMP_LSB_RELEASE_OUTPUT})
   else ()
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ endif()
 # to shut down warning about space in buildtree
 # some recent RPM version should support space in different places.
 # not checked [yet].
-if(CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY MATCHES ".* .*")
+if(CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY MATCHES " ")
   message(FATAL_ERROR "${RPMBUILD_EXECUTABLE} can't handle paths with spaces, use a build directory without spaces for building RPMs.")
 endif()
 

Modules/CheckTypeSize.cmake

@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function(__check_type_size_impl type var map builtin language)
     foreach(info ${strings})
       if("${info}" MATCHES "${regex_size}")
         # Get the type size.
-        string(REGEX REPLACE "${regex_size}" "\\1" size "${info}")
+        set(size "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
         if(first)
           set(${var} ${size})
         elseif(NOT "${size}" STREQUAL "${${var}}")

Modules/ExternalData.cmake

@@ -292,8 +292,7 @@ function(ExternalData_expand_arguments target outArgsVar)
       foreach(piece IN LISTS pieces)
         if("x${piece}" MATCHES "^x${data_regex}$")
           # Replace this DATA{}-piece with a file path.
-          string(REGEX REPLACE "${data_regex}" "\\1" data "${piece}")
-          _ExternalData_arg("${target}" "${piece}" "${data}" file)
+          _ExternalData_arg("${target}" "${piece}" "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}" file)
           set(outArg "${outArg}${file}")
         else()
           # No replacement needed for this piece.
@@ -428,10 +427,9 @@ function(_ExternalData_arg target arg options var_file)
   set(associated_files "")
   set(associated_regex "")
   foreach(opt ${options})
-    if("x${opt}" MATCHES "^xREGEX:[^:/]+$")
-      # Regular expression to match associated files.
-      string(REGEX REPLACE "^REGEX:" "" regex "${opt}")
-      list(APPEND associated_regex "${regex}")
+    # Regular expression to match associated files.
+    if("x${opt}" MATCHES "^xREGEX:([^:/]+)$")
+      list(APPEND associated_regex "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
     elseif(opt STREQUAL ":")
       # Activate series matching.
       set(series_option "${opt}")

Modules/ExternalProject.cmake

@@ -201,11 +201,11 @@ file(STRINGS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE}" lines
      LIMIT_COUNT ${_ep_documentation_line_count}
      REGEX "^#  (  \\[[A-Z0-9_]+ [^]]*\\] +#.*$|[A-Za-z0-9_]+\\()")
 foreach(line IN LISTS lines)
-  if("${line}" MATCHES "^#  [A-Za-z0-9_]+\\(")
+  if("${line}" MATCHES "^#  ([A-Za-z0-9_]+)\\(")
     if(_ep_func)
       set(_ep_keywords_${_ep_func} "${_ep_keywords_${_ep_func}})$")
     endif()
-    string(REGEX REPLACE "^#  ([A-Za-z0-9_]+)\\(.*" "\\1" _ep_func "${line}")
+    set(_ep_func "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
     #message("function [${_ep_func}]")
     set(_ep_keywords_${_ep_func} "^(")
     set(_ep_keyword_sep)
@@ -907,7 +907,8 @@ function(_ep_write_initial_cache target_name script_filename args)
   set(regex "^([^:]+):([^=]+)=(.*)$")
   set(setArg "")
   foreach(line ${args})
-    if("${line}" MATCHES "^-D")
+    if("${line}" MATCHES "^-D(.*)")
+      set(line "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
       if(setArg)
         # This is required to build up lists in variables, or complete an entry
         set(setArg "${setArg}${accumulator}\" CACHE ${type} \"Initial cache\" FORCE)")
@@ -915,9 +916,7 @@ function(_ep_write_initial_cache target_name script_filename args)
         set(accumulator "")
         set(setArg "")
       endif()
-      string(REGEX REPLACE "^-D" "" line ${line})
       if("${line}" MATCHES "${regex}")
-        string(REGEX MATCH "${regex}" match "${line}")
         set(name "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
         set(type "${CMAKE_MATCH_2}")
         set(value "${CMAKE_MATCH_3}")

Modules/FeatureSummary.cmake

@@ -546,10 +546,10 @@ function(SET_PACKAGE_INFO _name _desc)
   set(_url "${ARGV2}")
   set(_purpose "${ARGV3}")
   set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY _CMAKE_${_name}_DESCRIPTION "${_desc}" )
-  if(_url MATCHES ".+")
+  if(NOT _url STREQUAL "")
     set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY _CMAKE_${_name}_URL "${_url}" )
   endif()
-  if(_purpose MATCHES ".+")
+  if(NOT _purpose STREQUAL "")
     set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY _CMAKE_${_name}_PURPOSE "${_purpose}" )
   endif()
 endfunction()

Modules/FindBISON.cmake

@@ -92,16 +92,13 @@ if(BISON_EXECUTABLE)
     message(SEND_ERROR "Command \"${BISON_EXECUTABLE} --version\" failed with output:\n${BISON_version_error}")
   else()
     # Bison++
-    if("${BISON_version_output}" MATCHES "^bison\\+\\+")
-      string(REGEX REPLACE "^bison\\+\\+ Version ([^,]+).*" "\\1"
-        BISON_VERSION "${BISON_version_output}")
+    if("${BISON_version_output}" MATCHES "^bison\\+\\+ Version ([^,]+)")
+      set(BISON_VERSION "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
     # GNU Bison
-    elseif("${BISON_version_output}" MATCHES "^bison[^+]")
-      string(REGEX REPLACE "^bison \\(GNU Bison\\) ([^\n]+)\n.*" "\\1"
-        BISON_VERSION "${BISON_version_output}")
-    elseif("${BISON_version_output}" MATCHES "^GNU Bison ")
-      string(REGEX REPLACE "^GNU Bison (version )?([^\n]+).*" "\\2"
-        BISON_VERSION "${BISON_version_output}")
+    elseif("${BISON_version_output}" MATCHES "^bison \\(GNU Bison\\) ([^\n]+)\n")
+      set(BISON_VERSION "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
+    elseif("${BISON_version_output}" MATCHES "^GNU Bison (version )?([^\n]+)")
+      set(BISON_VERSION "${CMAKE_MATCH_2}")
     endif()
   endif()
 

Modules/FindBLAS.cmake

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ endmacro()
 set(BLAS_LINKER_FLAGS)
 set(BLAS_LIBRARIES)
 set(BLAS95_LIBRARIES)
-if ($ENV{BLA_VENDOR} MATCHES ".+")
+if (NOT $ENV{BLA_VENDOR} STREQUAL "")
   set(BLA_VENDOR $ENV{BLA_VENDOR})
 else ()
   if(NOT BLA_VENDOR)
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "IBMESSL" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
 endif ()
 
 #BLAS in acml library?
-if (BLA_VENDOR MATCHES "ACML.*" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+if (BLA_VENDOR MATCHES "ACML" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
  if( ((BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "ACML") AND (NOT BLAS_ACML_LIB_DIRS)) OR
      ((BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "ACML_MP") AND (NOT BLAS_ACML_MP_LIB_DIRS)) OR
      ((BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "ACML_GPU") AND (NOT BLAS_ACML_GPU_LIB_DIRS))
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "Generic" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
 endif ()
 
 #BLAS in intel mkl 10 library? (em64t 64bit)
-if (BLA_VENDOR MATCHES "Intel*" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+if (BLA_VENDOR MATCHES "Intel" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
  if (NOT WIN32)
   set(LM "-lm")
  endif ()
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ if (BLA_VENDOR MATCHES "Intel*" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
           "mkl_blas95 mkl_intel_lp64 mkl_intel_thread mkl_core guide")
 
         # mkl >= 10.3
-        if (CMAKE_C_COMPILER MATCHES ".+gcc.*")
+        if (CMAKE_C_COMPILER MATCHES ".+gcc")
           list(APPEND BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS
             "mkl_blas95_lp64 mkl_intel_lp64 mkl_gnu_thread mkl_core gomp")
         else ()
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ if (BLA_VENDOR MATCHES "Intel*" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
           "mkl_intel_lp64 mkl_intel_thread mkl_core guide")
 
         # mkl >= 10.3
-        if (CMAKE_C_COMPILER MATCHES ".+gcc.*")
+        if (CMAKE_C_COMPILER MATCHES ".+gcc")
           list(APPEND BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS
             "mkl_intel_lp64 mkl_gnu_thread mkl_core gomp")
         else ()

Modules/FindBoost.cmake

@@ -631,12 +631,12 @@ if(NOT Boost_INCLUDE_DIR)
     set(_boost_BOOSTIFIED_VERSION)
 
     # Transform 1.35 => 1_35 and 1.36.0 => 1_36_0
-    if(_boost_VER MATCHES "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+")
-        string(REGEX REPLACE "([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)" "\\1_\\2_\\3"
-          _boost_BOOSTIFIED_VERSION ${_boost_VER})
-    elseif(_boost_VER MATCHES "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+")
-        string(REGEX REPLACE "([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)" "\\1_\\2"
-          _boost_BOOSTIFIED_VERSION ${_boost_VER})
+    if(_boost_VER MATCHES "([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)")
+        set(_boost_BOOSTIFIED_VERSION
+          "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}_${CMAKE_MATCH_2}_${CMAKE_MATCH_3}")
+    elseif(_boost_VER MATCHES "([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)")
+        set(_boost_BOOSTIFIED_VERSION
+          "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}_${CMAKE_MATCH_2}")
     endif()
 
     list(APPEND _boost_PATH_SUFFIXES
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ if(Boost_INCLUDE_DIR)
   set(_Boost_VERSION_REGEX "([0-9]+)")
   set(_Boost_LIB_VERSION_REGEX "\"([0-9_]+)\"")
   foreach(v VERSION LIB_VERSION)
-    if("${_boost_VERSION_HPP_CONTENTS}" MATCHES ".*#define BOOST_${v} ${_Boost_${v}_REGEX}.*")
+    if("${_boost_VERSION_HPP_CONTENTS}" MATCHES "#define BOOST_${v} ${_Boost_${v}_REGEX}")
       set(Boost_${v} "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
     endif()
   endforeach()

Modules/FindCUDA.cmake

@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ macro(CUDA_WRAP_SRCS cuda_target format generated_files)
   foreach(file ${ARGN})
     # Ignore any file marked as a HEADER_FILE_ONLY
     get_source_file_property(_is_header ${file} HEADER_FILE_ONLY)
-    if(${file} MATCHES ".*\\.cu$" AND NOT _is_header)
+    if(${file} MATCHES "\\.cu$" AND NOT _is_header)
 
       # Allow per source file overrides of the format.
       get_source_file_property(_cuda_source_format ${file} CUDA_SOURCE_PROPERTY_FORMAT)

Modules/FindCUDA/make2cmake.cmake

@@ -37,12 +37,11 @@
 
 file(READ ${input_file} depend_text)
 
-if (${depend_text} MATCHES ".+")
+if (NOT "${depend_text}" STREQUAL "")
 
   # message("FOUND DEPENDS")
 
-  # Remember, four backslashes is escaped to one backslash in the string.
-  string(REGEX REPLACE "\\\\ " " " depend_text ${depend_text})
+  string(REPLACE "\\ " " " depend_text ${depend_text})
 
   # This works for the nvcc -M generated dependency files.
   string(REGEX REPLACE "^.* : " "" depend_text ${depend_text})

Modules/FindCUDA/parse_cubin.cmake

@@ -37,11 +37,10 @@
 
 file(READ ${input_file} file_text)
 
-if (${file_text} MATCHES ".+")
+if (NOT "${file_text}" STREQUAL "")
 
-  # Remember, four backslashes is escaped to one backslash in the string.
-  string(REGEX REPLACE ";" "\\\\;" file_text ${file_text})
-  string(REGEX REPLACE "\ncode" ";code" file_text ${file_text})
+  string(REPLACE ";" "\\;" file_text ${file_text})
+  string(REPLACE "\ncode" ";code" file_text ${file_text})
 
   list(LENGTH file_text len)
 
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ if (${file_text} MATCHES ".+")
 
         # Extract kernel names.
         if (${entry} MATCHES "[^g]name = ([^ ]+)")
-          string(REGEX REPLACE ".* = ([^ ]+)" "\\1" entry ${entry})
+          set(entry "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
 
           # Check to see if the kernel name starts with "_"
           set(skip FALSE)
@@ -76,19 +75,19 @@ if (${file_text} MATCHES ".+")
 
           # Registers
           if (${entry} MATCHES "reg([ ]+)=([ ]+)([^ ]+)")
-            string(REGEX REPLACE ".*([ ]+)=([ ]+)([^ ]+)" "\\3" entry ${entry})
+            set(entry "${CMAKE_MATCH_3}")
             message("Registers: ${entry}")
           endif()
 
           # Local memory
           if (${entry} MATCHES "lmem([ ]+)=([ ]+)([^ ]+)")
-            string(REGEX REPLACE ".*([ ]+)=([ ]+)([^ ]+)" "\\3" entry ${entry})
+            set(entry "${CMAKE_MATCH_3}")
             message("Local:     ${entry}")
           endif()
 
           # Shared memory
           if (${entry} MATCHES "smem([ ]+)=([ ]+)([^ ]+)")
-            string(REGEX REPLACE ".*([ ]+)=([ ]+)([^ ]+)" "\\3" entry ${entry})
+            set(entry "${CMAKE_MATCH_3}")
             message("Shared:    ${entry}")
           endif()
 

Modules/FindCups.cmake

@@ -52,9 +52,8 @@ if (CUPS_INCLUDE_DIR AND EXISTS "${CUPS_INCLUDE_DIR}/cups/cups.h")
     unset(CUPS_VERSION_STRING)
     foreach(VPART MAJOR MINOR PATCH)
         foreach(VLINE ${cups_version_str})
-            if(VLINE MATCHES "^#[\t ]*define[\t ]+CUPS_VERSION_${VPART}")
-                string(REGEX REPLACE "^#[\t ]*define[\t ]+CUPS_VERSION_${VPART}[\t ]+([0-9]+)$" "\\1"
-                       CUPS_VERSION_PART "${VLINE}")
+            if(VLINE MATCHES "^#[\t ]*define[\t ]+CUPS_VERSION_${VPART}[\t ]+([0-9]+)$")
+                set(CUPS_VERSION_PART "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
                 if(CUPS_VERSION_STRING)
                     set(CUPS_VERSION_STRING "${CUPS_VERSION_STRING}.${CUPS_VERSION_PART}")
                 else()

Modules/FindEXPAT.cmake

@@ -38,9 +38,8 @@ if (EXPAT_INCLUDE_DIR AND EXISTS "${EXPAT_INCLUDE_DIR}/expat.h")
     unset(EXPAT_VERSION_STRING)
     foreach(VPART MAJOR MINOR MICRO)
         foreach(VLINE ${expat_version_str})
-            if(VLINE MATCHES "^#[\t ]*define[\t ]+XML_${VPART}_VERSION")
-                string(REGEX REPLACE "^#[\t ]*define[\t ]+XML_${VPART}_VERSION[\t ]+([0-9]+)$" "\\1"
-                       EXPAT_VERSION_PART "${VLINE}")
+            if(VLINE MATCHES "^#[\t ]*define[\t ]+XML_${VPART}_VERSION[\t ]+([0-9]+)$")
+                set(EXPAT_VERSION_PART "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
                 if(EXPAT_VERSION_STRING)
                     set(EXPAT_VERSION_STRING "${EXPAT_VERSION_STRING}.${EXPAT_VERSION_PART}")
                 else()

Modules/FindFLTK.cmake

@@ -285,9 +285,7 @@ endif()
           OUTPUT_VARIABLE FLTK_IMAGES_LDFLAGS)
         set(FLTK_LIBS_EXTRACT_REGEX ".*-lfltk_images (.*) -lfltk.*")
         if("${FLTK_IMAGES_LDFLAGS}" MATCHES "${FLTK_LIBS_EXTRACT_REGEX}")
-          string(REGEX REPLACE "${FLTK_LIBS_EXTRACT_REGEX}" "\\1"
-            FLTK_IMAGES_LIBS "${FLTK_IMAGES_LDFLAGS}")
-          string(REGEX REPLACE " +" ";" FLTK_IMAGES_LIBS "${FLTK_IMAGES_LIBS}")
+          string(REGEX REPLACE " +" ";" FLTK_IMAGES_LIBS "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
           # The EXEC_PROGRAM will not be inherited into subdirectories from
           # the file that originally included this module.  Save the answer.
           set(FLTK_IMAGES_LIBS "${FLTK_IMAGES_LIBS}" CACHE INTERNAL

Modules/FindFLTK2.cmake

@@ -226,9 +226,7 @@ if(FLTK2_DIR)
           OUTPUT_VARIABLE FLTK2_IMAGES_LDFLAGS)
         set(FLTK2_LIBS_EXTRACT_REGEX ".*-lfltk2_images (.*) -lfltk2.*")
         if("${FLTK2_IMAGES_LDFLAGS}" MATCHES "${FLTK2_LIBS_EXTRACT_REGEX}")
-          string(REGEX REPLACE "${FLTK2_LIBS_EXTRACT_REGEX}" "\\1"
-            FLTK2_IMAGES_LIBS "${FLTK2_IMAGES_LDFLAGS}")
-          string(REGEX REPLACE " +" ";" FLTK2_IMAGES_LIBS "${FLTK2_IMAGES_LIBS}")
+          string(REGEX REPLACE " +" ";" FLTK2_IMAGES_LIBS "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
           # The EXEC_PROGRAM will not be inherited into subdirectories from
           # the file that originally included this module.  Save the answer.
           set(FLTK2_IMAGES_LIBS "${FLTK2_IMAGES_LIBS}" CACHE INTERNAL

Modules/FindFreetype.cmake

@@ -117,9 +117,8 @@ if(FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR_freetype2 AND FREETYPE_H)
     unset(FREETYPE_VERSION_STRING)
     foreach(VPART MAJOR MINOR PATCH)
         foreach(VLINE ${freetype_version_str})
-            if(VLINE MATCHES "^#[\t ]*define[\t ]+FREETYPE_${VPART}")
-                string(REGEX REPLACE "^#[\t ]*define[\t ]+FREETYPE_${VPART}[\t ]+([0-9]+)$" "\\1"
-                       FREETYPE_VERSION_PART "${VLINE}")
+            if(VLINE MATCHES "^#[\t ]*define[\t ]+FREETYPE_${VPART}[\t ]+([0-9]+)$")
+                set(FREETYPE_VERSION_PART "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
                 if(FREETYPE_VERSION_STRING)
                     set(FREETYPE_VERSION_STRING "${FREETYPE_VERSION_STRING}.${FREETYPE_VERSION_PART}")
                 else()

Modules/FindGDAL.cmake

@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ if(UNIX)
         exec_program(${GDAL_CONFIG} ARGS --libs OUTPUT_VARIABLE GDAL_CONFIG_LIBS)
         if(GDAL_CONFIG_LIBS)
             string(REGEX MATCHALL "-l[^ ]+" _gdal_dashl ${GDAL_CONFIG_LIBS})
-            string(REGEX REPLACE "-l" "" _gdal_lib "${_gdal_dashl}")
+            string(REPLACE "-l" "" _gdal_lib "${_gdal_dashl}")
             string(REGEX MATCHALL "-L[^ ]+" _gdal_dashL ${GDAL_CONFIG_LIBS})
-            string(REGEX REPLACE "-L" "" _gdal_libpath "${_gdal_dashL}")
+            string(REPLACE "-L" "" _gdal_libpath "${_gdal_dashL}")
         endif()
     endif()
 endif()

Modules/FindGettext.cmake

@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ if(GETTEXT_MSGMERGE_EXECUTABLE)
                   OUTPUT_VARIABLE gettext_version
                   ERROR_QUIET
                   OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-   if (gettext_version MATCHES "^msgmerge \\(.*\\) [0-9]")
-      string(REGEX REPLACE "^msgmerge \\([^\\)]*\\) ([0-9\\.]+[^ \n]*).*" "\\1" GETTEXT_VERSION_STRING "${gettext_version}")
+   if (gettext_version MATCHES "^msgmerge \\([^\\)]*\\) ([0-9\\.]+[^ \n]*)")
+      set(GETTEXT_VERSION_STRING "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
    endif()
    unset(gettext_version)
 endif()

Modules/FindHDF5.cmake

@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ macro( _HDF5_parse_compile_line
     )
     foreach( IPATH ${include_path_flags} )
         string( REGEX REPLACE "^-I" "" IPATH ${IPATH} )
-        string( REGEX REPLACE "//" "/" IPATH ${IPATH} )
+        string( REPLACE "//" "/" IPATH ${IPATH} )
         list( APPEND ${include_paths} ${IPATH} )
     endforeach()
 
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ macro( _HDF5_parse_compile_line
 
     foreach( LPATH ${library_path_flags} )
         string( REGEX REPLACE "^-L" "" LPATH ${LPATH} )
-        string( REGEX REPLACE "//" "/" LPATH ${LPATH} )
+        string( REPLACE "//" "/" LPATH ${LPATH} )
         list( APPEND ${library_paths} ${LPATH} )
     endforeach()
 
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ if( NOT HDF5_FOUND )
         list( APPEND HDF5_DEFINITIONS ${HDF5_${LANGUAGE}_DEFINITIONS} )
 
         # find the HDF5 include directories
-        if(${LANGUAGE} MATCHES "Fortran.*")
+        if(${LANGUAGE} MATCHES "Fortran")
             set(HDF5_INCLUDE_FILENAME hdf5.mod)
         else()
             set(HDF5_INCLUDE_FILENAME hdf5.h)

Modules/FindIcotool.cmake

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ if(ICOTOOL_EXECUTABLE)
     ERROR_QUIET
     OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
   )
-  if("${_icotool_version}" MATCHES "^icotool \\([^\\)]*\\) ([0-9\\.]+[^ \n]*).*")
+  if("${_icotool_version}" MATCHES "^icotool \\([^\\)]*\\) ([0-9\\.]+[^ \n]*)")
     set( ICOTOOL_VERSION_STRING
       "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}"
     )

Modules/FindImageMagick.cmake

@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ if(ImageMagick_mogrify_EXECUTABLE)
                   OUTPUT_VARIABLE imagemagick_version
                   ERROR_QUIET
                   OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-  if(imagemagick_version MATCHES "^Version: ImageMagick [0-9]")
-    string(REGEX REPLACE "^Version: ImageMagick ([-0-9\\.]+).*" "\\1" ImageMagick_VERSION_STRING "${imagemagick_version}")
+  if(imagemagick_version MATCHES "^Version: ImageMagick ([-0-9\\.]+)")
+    set(ImageMagick_VERSION_STRING "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
   endif()
   unset(imagemagick_version)
 endif()

Modules/FindJava.cmake

@@ -128,18 +128,15 @@ if(Java_JAVA_EXECUTABLE)
       # 3. GCJ 1.5
       # 4. Kaffe 1.4.2
       # 5. OpenJDK 1.7.x on OpenBSD
-      if(var MATCHES "java version \"[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9_.]+.*\".*")
+      if(var MATCHES "java version \"([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9_.]+.*)\"")
         # This is most likely Sun / OpenJDK, or maybe GCJ-java compat layer
-        string( REGEX REPLACE ".* version \"([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9_.]+.*)\".*"
-                "\\1" Java_VERSION_STRING "${var}" )
-      elseif(var MATCHES "java full version \"kaffe-[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9_]+\".*")
+        set(Java_VERSION_STRING "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
+      elseif(var MATCHES "java full version \"kaffe-([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9_]+)\"")
         # Kaffe style
-        string( REGEX REPLACE "java full version \"kaffe-([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9_]+).*"
-                "\\1" Java_VERSION_STRING "${var}" )
-      elseif(var MATCHES "openjdk version \"[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9_]+\".*")
+        set(Java_VERSION_STRING "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
+      elseif(var MATCHES "openjdk version \"([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9_]+)\"")
         # OpenJDK ver 1.7.x on OpenBSD
-        string( REGEX REPLACE "openjdk version \"([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9_]+).*"
-                "\\1" Java_VERSION_STRING "${var}" )
+        set(Java_VERSION_STRING "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
       else()
         if(NOT Java_FIND_QUIETLY)
           message(WARNING "regex not supported: ${var}. Please report")

Modules/FindKDE3.cmake

@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ if(KDECONFIG_EXECUTABLE)
    if ("${kde_version}" MATCHES "KDE: 3\\.")
       execute_process(COMMAND ${KDECONFIG_EXECUTABLE} --prefix
                         OUTPUT_VARIABLE kdedir )
-      string(REGEX REPLACE "\n" "" KDE3PREFIX "${kdedir}")
+      string(REPLACE "\n" "" KDE3PREFIX "${kdedir}")
 
     endif ()
 endif()

Modules/FindLAPACK.cmake

@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ endif()
 
 if(BLAS_FOUND)
   set(LAPACK_LINKER_FLAGS ${BLAS_LINKER_FLAGS})
-  if ($ENV{BLA_VENDOR} MATCHES ".+")
+  if (NOT $ENV{BLA_VENDOR} STREQUAL "")
     set(BLA_VENDOR $ENV{BLA_VENDOR})
   else ()
     if(NOT BLA_VENDOR)
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ endif ()
 
 
 #acml lapack
- if (BLA_VENDOR MATCHES "ACML.*" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+ if (BLA_VENDOR MATCHES "ACML" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
    if (BLAS_LIBRARIES MATCHES ".+acml.+")
      set (LAPACK_LIBRARIES ${BLAS_LIBRARIES})
    endif ()
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "Generic" OR
   endif ()
 endif ()
 #intel lapack
-if (BLA_VENDOR MATCHES "Intel*" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+if (BLA_VENDOR MATCHES "Intel" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
   if (NOT WIN32)
     set(LM "-lm")
   endif ()

Modules/FindMPI.cmake

@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ function (interrogate_mpi_compiler lang try_libs)
         string(REGEX MATCHALL "(^| )-I([^\" ]+|\"[^\"]+\")" MPI_ALL_INCLUDE_PATHS "${MPI_COMPILE_CMDLINE}")
         foreach(IPATH ${MPI_ALL_INCLUDE_PATHS})
           string(REGEX REPLACE "^ ?-I" "" IPATH ${IPATH})
-          string(REGEX REPLACE "//" "/" IPATH ${IPATH})
+          string(REPLACE "//" "/" IPATH ${IPATH})
           list(APPEND MPI_INCLUDE_PATH_WORK ${IPATH})
         endforeach()
 
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ function (interrogate_mpi_compiler lang try_libs)
         set(MPI_LINK_PATH)
         foreach(LPATH ${MPI_ALL_LINK_PATHS})
           string(REGEX REPLACE "^(| |-Wl,)-L" "" LPATH ${LPATH})
-          string(REGEX REPLACE "//" "/" LPATH ${LPATH})
+          string(REPLACE "//" "/" LPATH ${LPATH})
           list(APPEND MPI_LINK_PATH ${LPATH})
         endforeach()
 

Modules/FindPNG.cmake

@@ -56,10 +56,8 @@ if(ZLIB_FOUND)
   list(APPEND PNG_NAMES png libpng)
   unset(PNG_NAMES_DEBUG)
   set(_PNG_VERSION_SUFFIXES 17 16 15 14 12)
-  if (PNG_FIND_VERSION MATCHES "^[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+(\\..*)?$")
-    string(REGEX REPLACE
-        "^([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+).*" "\\1\\2"
-        _PNG_VERSION_SUFFIX_MIN "${PNG_FIND_VERSION}")
+  if (PNG_FIND_VERSION MATCHES "^([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)(\\..*)?$")
+    set(_PNG_VERSION_SUFFIX_MIN "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}${CMAKE_MATCH_2}")
     if (PNG_FIND_VERSION_EXACT)
       set(_PNG_VERSION_SUFFIXES ${_PNG_VERSION_SUFFIX_MIN})
     else ()

Modules/FindPackageMessage.cmake

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 function(FIND_PACKAGE_MESSAGE pkg msg details)
   # Avoid printing a message repeatedly for the same find result.
   if(NOT ${pkg}_FIND_QUIETLY)
-    string(REGEX REPLACE "[\n]" "" details "${details}")
+    string(REPLACE "\n" "" details "${details}")
     set(DETAILS_VAR FIND_PACKAGE_MESSAGE_DETAILS_${pkg})
     if(NOT "${details}" STREQUAL "${${DETAILS_VAR}}")
       # The message has not yet been printed.

Modules/FindPerl.cmake

@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ if(PERL_EXECUTABLE)
       OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
     )
     if(NOT PERL_VERSION_RESULT_VARIABLE AND PERL_VERSION_OUTPUT_VARIABLE MATCHES "This is perl.*[ \\(]v([0-9\\._]+)[ \\)]")
-      string(REGEX REPLACE ".*This is perl.*[ \\(]v([0-9\\._]+)[ \\)].*" "\\1" PERL_VERSION_STRING ${PERL_VERSION_OUTPUT_VARIABLE})
+      set(PERL_VERSION_STRING "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
     elseif(NOT PERL_VERSION_RESULT_VARIABLE AND PERL_VERSION_OUTPUT_VARIABLE MATCHES "This is perl, version ([0-9\\._]+) +")
-      string(REGEX REPLACE ".*This is perl, version ([0-9\\._]+) +.*" "\\1" PERL_VERSION_STRING ${PERL_VERSION_OUTPUT_VARIABLE})
+      set(PERL_VERSION_STRING "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
     endif()
   endif()
 endif()

Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake

@@ -277,10 +277,10 @@ macro(_pkg_check_modules_internal _is_required _is_silent _no_cmake_path _no_cma
       set(_pkg_check_modules_exist_query)
 
       # check whether version is given
-      if (_pkg_check_modules_pkg MATCHES ".*(>=|=|<=).*")
-        string(REGEX REPLACE "(.*[^><])(>=|=|<=)(.*)" "\\1" _pkg_check_modules_pkg_name "${_pkg_check_modules_pkg}")
-        string(REGEX REPLACE "(.*[^><])(>=|=|<=)(.*)" "\\2" _pkg_check_modules_pkg_op   "${_pkg_check_modules_pkg}")
-        string(REGEX REPLACE "(.*[^><])(>=|=|<=)(.*)" "\\3" _pkg_check_modules_pkg_ver  "${_pkg_check_modules_pkg}")
+      if (_pkg_check_modules_pkg MATCHES "(.*[^><])(>=|=|<=)(.*)")
+        set(_pkg_check_modules_pkg_name "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
+        set(_pkg_check_modules_pkg_op "${CMAKE_MATCH_2}")
+        set(_pkg_check_modules_pkg_ver "${CMAKE_MATCH_3}")
       else()
         set(_pkg_check_modules_pkg_name "${_pkg_check_modules_pkg}")
         set(_pkg_check_modules_pkg_op)

Modules/FindPythonInterp.cmake

@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ if(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE)
             string(REGEX REPLACE " .*" "" PYTHON_VERSION_STRING "${_VERSION}")
             string(REGEX REPLACE "^([0-9]+)\\.[0-9]+.*" "\\1" PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR "${PYTHON_VERSION_STRING}")
             string(REGEX REPLACE "^[0-9]+\\.([0-9])+.*" "\\1" PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR "${PYTHON_VERSION_STRING}")
-            if(PYTHON_VERSION_STRING MATCHES "^[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+.*")
-                string(REGEX REPLACE "^[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.([0-9]+).*" "\\1" PYTHON_VERSION_PATCH "${PYTHON_VERSION_STRING}")
+            if(PYTHON_VERSION_STRING MATCHES "^[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.([0-9]+)")
+                set(PYTHON_VERSION_PATCH "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
             else()
                 set(PYTHON_VERSION_PATCH "0")
             endif()

Modules/FindQt.cmake

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ find_program(QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE_FINDQT NAMES qmake PATHS "${QT_SEARCH_PATH}/bin
 if(QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE_FINDQT)
   exec_program(${QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE_FINDQT} ARGS "-query QT_VERSION"
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE QTVERSION)
-  if(QTVERSION MATCHES "4.*")
+  if(QTVERSION MATCHES "4")
     set(QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE ${QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE_FINDQT} CACHE PATH "Qt4 qmake program.")
     set(QT4_INSTALLED TRUE)
   endif()
@@ -154,12 +154,12 @@ else()
   endif()
 endif()
 
-if(DESIRED_QT_VERSION MATCHES 3)
+if(DESIRED_QT_VERSION EQUAL 3)
   set(Qt3_FIND_REQUIRED ${Qt_FIND_REQUIRED})
   set(Qt3_FIND_QUIETLY  ${Qt_FIND_QUIETLY})
   include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/FindQt3.cmake)
 endif()
-if(DESIRED_QT_VERSION MATCHES 4)
+if(DESIRED_QT_VERSION EQUAL 4)
   set(Qt4_FIND_REQUIRED ${Qt_FIND_REQUIRED})
   set(Qt4_FIND_QUIETLY  ${Qt_FIND_QUIETLY})
   include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/FindQt4.cmake)

Modules/FindQt3.cmake

@@ -295,12 +295,12 @@ if(QT_UIC_EXECUTABLE)
 endif()
 
 set(_QT_UIC_VERSION_3 FALSE)
-if("${QTVERSION_UIC}" MATCHES ".* 3..*")
+if("${QTVERSION_UIC}" MATCHES " 3.")
   set(_QT_UIC_VERSION_3 TRUE)
 endif()
 
 set(_QT_MOC_VERSION_3 FALSE)
-if("${QTVERSION_MOC}" MATCHES ".* 3..*")
+if("${QTVERSION_MOC}" MATCHES " 3.")
   set(_QT_MOC_VERSION_3 TRUE)
 endif()
 

Modules/FindSquish.cmake

@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ if(SQUISH_CLIENT_EXECUTABLE)
   execute_process(COMMAND "${SQUISH_CLIENT_EXECUTABLE}" --version
                   OUTPUT_VARIABLE _squishVersionOutput
                   ERROR_QUIET )
-  if("${_squishVersionOutput}" MATCHES "([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+).*$")
+  if("${_squishVersionOutput}" MATCHES "([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)")
     set(SQUISH_VERSION_MAJOR "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
     set(SQUISH_VERSION_MINOR "${CMAKE_MATCH_2}")
     set(SQUISH_VERSION_PATCH "${CMAKE_MATCH_3}")

Modules/FindThreads.cmake

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_QUIET_SAVE ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_QUIET})
 set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_QUIET ${Threads_FIND_QUIETLY})
 
 # Do we have sproc?
-if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES IRIX AND NOT CMAKE_THREAD_PREFER_PTHREAD)
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES IRIX AND NOT CMAKE_THREAD_PREFER_PTHREAD)
   CHECK_INCLUDE_FILES("sys/types.h;sys/prctl.h"  CMAKE_HAVE_SPROC_H)
 endif()
 
@@ -138,13 +138,13 @@ if(CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT OR CMAKE_HAVE_LIBC_CREATE)
   set(Threads_FOUND TRUE)
 endif()
 
-if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "Windows")
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Windows")
   set(CMAKE_USE_WIN32_THREADS_INIT 1)
   set(Threads_FOUND TRUE)
 endif()
 
 if(CMAKE_USE_PTHREADS_INIT)
-  if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "HP-UX-*")
+  if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "HP-UX")
     # Use libcma if it exists and can be used.  It provides more
     # symbols than the plain pthread library.  CMA threads
     # have actually been deprecated:
@@ -162,12 +162,12 @@ if(CMAKE_USE_PTHREADS_INIT)
     set(CMAKE_USE_PTHREADS_INIT 1)
   endif()
 
-  if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-V*")
+  if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-V")
     set(CMAKE_USE_PTHREADS_INIT 0)
     set(CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT )
   endif()
 
-  if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "CYGWIN_NT*")
+  if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "CYGWIN_NT")
     set(CMAKE_USE_PTHREADS_INIT 1)
     set(Threads_FOUND TRUE)
     set(CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT )

Modules/FindXMLRPC.cmake

@@ -77,10 +77,9 @@ if(XMLRPC_FOUND)
     # Look for -I options.
     set(XMLRPC_INCLUDE_DIRS)
     foreach(flag ${XMLRPC_C_CONFIG_CFLAGS})
-      if("${flag}" MATCHES "^-I")
-        string(REGEX REPLACE "^-I" "" DIR "${flag}")
-        file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "${DIR}" DIR)
-        set(XMLRPC_INCLUDE_DIRS ${XMLRPC_INCLUDE_DIRS} "${DIR}")
+      if("${flag}" MATCHES "^-I(.+)")
+        file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}" DIR)
+        list(APPEND XMLRPC_INCLUDE_DIRS "${DIR}")
       endif()
     endforeach()
   else()
@@ -115,13 +114,11 @@ if(XMLRPC_FOUND)
     set(XMLRPC_LIBRARY_DIRS)
     set(XMLRPC_LIBRARY_NAMES)
     foreach(flag ${XMLRPC_C_CONFIG_LIBS})
-      if("${flag}" MATCHES "^-L")
-        string(REGEX REPLACE "^-L" "" DIR "${flag}")
-        file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "${DIR}" DIR)
-        set(XMLRPC_LIBRARY_DIRS ${XMLRPC_LIBRARY_DIRS} "${DIR}")
-      elseif("${flag}" MATCHES "^-l")
-        string(REGEX REPLACE "^-l" "" NAME "${flag}")
-        set(XMLRPC_LIBRARY_NAMES ${XMLRPC_LIBRARY_NAMES} "${NAME}")
+      if("${flag}" MATCHES "^-L(.+)")
+        file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}" DIR)
+        list(APPEND XMLRPC_LIBRARY_DIRS "${DIR}")
+      elseif("${flag}" MATCHES "^-l(.+)")
+        list(APPEND XMLRPC_LIBRARY_NAMES "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
       endif()
     endforeach()
 

Modules/FindZLIB.cmake

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ if(ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR AND EXISTS "${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR}/zlib.h")
 
     # only append a TWEAK version if it exists:
     set(ZLIB_VERSION_TWEAK "")
-    if( "${ZLIB_H}" MATCHES "^.*ZLIB_VERSION \"[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.([0-9]+).*$")
+    if( "${ZLIB_H}" MATCHES "ZLIB_VERSION \"[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.([0-9]+)")
         set(ZLIB_VERSION_TWEAK "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
         set(ZLIB_VERSION_STRING "${ZLIB_VERSION_STRING}.${ZLIB_VERSION_TWEAK}")
     endif()

Modules/FindwxWidgets.cmake

@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ if(wxWidgets_FIND_STYLE STREQUAL "win32")
 
     if(WX_LIB_DIR)
       # If building shared libs, define WXUSINGDLL to use dllimport.
-      if(WX_LIB_DIR MATCHES ".*[dD][lL][lL].*")
+      if(WX_LIB_DIR MATCHES "[dD][lL][lL]")
         set(wxWidgets_DEFINITIONS WXUSINGDLL)
         DBG_MSG_V("detected SHARED/DLL tree WX_LIB_DIR=${WX_LIB_DIR}")
       endif()
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ else()
       if(_wx_result EQUAL 0)
         foreach(_opt_name debug static unicode universal)
           string(TOUPPER ${_opt_name} _upper_opt_name)
-          if(_wx_selected_config MATCHES ".*${_opt_name}.*")
+          if(_wx_selected_config MATCHES "${_opt_name}")
             set(wxWidgets_DEFAULT_${_upper_opt_name} ON)
           else()
             set(wxWidgets_DEFAULT_${_upper_opt_name} OFF)

Modules/FortranCInterface.cmake

@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ function(FortranCInterface_VERIFY)
   # Error if compilers are incompatible.
   if(NOT FortranCInterface_VERIFIED_${lang} AND NOT quiet)
     file(READ "${FortranCInterface_BINARY_DIR}/Verify${lang}/output.txt" _output)
-    string(REGEX REPLACE "\n" "\n  " _output "${_output}")
+    string(REPLACE "\n" "\n  " _output "${_output}")
     message(FATAL_ERROR
       "The Fortran compiler:\n  ${CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER}\n"
       "and the ${lang} compiler:\n  ${CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER}\n"

Modules/FortranCInterface/Detect.cmake

@@ -69,9 +69,8 @@ if(FortranCInterface_EXE)
   file(STRINGS "${FortranCInterface_EXE}" _info_strings
     LIMIT_COUNT 8 REGEX "INFO:[^[]*\\[")
   foreach(info ${_info_strings})
-    if("${info}" MATCHES ".*INFO:symbol\\[([^]]*)\\].*")
-      string(REGEX REPLACE ".*INFO:symbol\\[([^]]*)\\].*" "\\1" symbol "${info}")
-      list(APPEND FortranCInterface_SYMBOLS ${symbol})
+    if("${info}" MATCHES "INFO:symbol\\[([^]]*)\\]")
+      list(APPEND FortranCInterface_SYMBOLS ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
     endif()
   endforeach()
 elseif(NOT _result)

Modules/GetPrerequisites.cmake

@@ -509,10 +509,10 @@ function(gp_resolved_file_type original_file file exepath dirs type_var)
 
     if(WIN32)
       string(TOLOWER "$ENV{SystemRoot}" sysroot)
-      string(REGEX REPLACE "\\\\" "/" sysroot "${sysroot}")
+      file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "${sysroot}" sysroot)
 
       string(TOLOWER "$ENV{windir}" windir)
-      string(REGEX REPLACE "\\\\" "/" windir "${windir}")
+      file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "${windir}" windir)
 
       if(lower MATCHES "^(${sysroot}/sys(tem|wow)|${windir}/sys(tem|wow)|(.*/)*msvc[^/]+dll)")
         set(is_system 1)
@@ -772,8 +772,8 @@ function(get_prerequisites target prerequisites_var exclude_system recurse exepa
 
   # Convert to a list of lines:
   #
-  string(REGEX REPLACE ";" "\\\\;" candidates "${gp_cmd_ov}")
-  string(REGEX REPLACE "\n" "${eol_char};" candidates "${candidates}")
+  string(REPLACE ";" "\\;" candidates "${gp_cmd_ov}")
+  string(REPLACE "\n" "${eol_char};" candidates "${candidates}")
 
   # check for install id and remove it from list, since otool -L can include a
   # reference to itself

Modules/Platform/Darwin.cmake

@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ endif()
 
 # Make sure the combination of SDK and Deployment Target are allowed
 if(CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET)
-  if("${_CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT_PATH}" MATCHES "^.*/MacOSX([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)[^/]*\\.sdk")
+  if("${_CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT_PATH}" MATCHES "/MacOSX([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)[^/]*\\.sdk")
     set(_sdk_ver "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
   elseif("${_CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT_ORIG}" MATCHES "^macosx([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)$")
     set(_sdk_ver "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")

Modules/Platform/OSF1.cmake

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ set(CMAKE_DL_LIBS "")
 
 if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-1.[012]")
 endif()
-if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-1.*")
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-1")
   # OSF/1 1.3 from OSF using ELF, and derivatives, including AD2
   set(CMAKE_C_COMPILE_OPTIONS_PIC "-fpic")
   set(CMAKE_C_COMPILE_OPTIONS_PIE "-fpie")
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ endif()
 
 
 
-if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-V.*")
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-V")
   set(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_CREATE_C_FLAGS "-shared -Wl,-expect_unresolved,\\*")       # -shared
   if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
     set(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_RUNTIME_CXX_FLAG "-Wl,-rpath,")

Modules/Platform/OpenBSD.cmake

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_PLATFORM_RUNTIME_PATH)
                   ERROR_QUIET)
   string(REGEX REPLACE ".*search\\ directories:\\ ([^\n]*).*" "\\1"
          LDCONFIG_HINTS "${LDCONFIG_HINTS}")
-  string(REGEX REPLACE ":" ";"
+  string(REPLACE ":" ";"
          CMAKE_PLATFORM_RUNTIME_PATH
          "${LDCONFIG_HINTS}")
 endif()

Modules/Platform/SunOS.cmake

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "SunOS-4.*")
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "SunOS-4")
    set(CMAKE_C_COMPILE_OPTIONS_PIC "-PIC")
    set(CMAKE_C_COMPILE_OPTIONS_PIE "-PIE")
    set(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_C_FLAGS "-PIC")

Modules/Qt4Macros.cmake

@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ macro (QT4_MAKE_OUTPUT_FILE infile prefix ext outfile )
   else()
     file(RELATIVE_PATH rel ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${infile})
   endif()
-  if(WIN32 AND rel MATCHES "^[a-zA-Z]:") # absolute path
-    string(REGEX REPLACE "^([a-zA-Z]):(.*)$" "\\1_\\2" rel "${rel}")
+  if(WIN32 AND rel MATCHES "^([a-zA-Z]):(.*)$") # absolute path
+    set(rel "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}_${CMAKE_MATCH_2}")
   endif()
   set(_outfile "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${rel}")
   string(REPLACE ".." "__" _outfile ${_outfile})

Modules/UseSWIG.cmake

@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ macro(SWIG_ADD_MODULE name language)
   set(swig_dot_i_sources)
   set(swig_other_sources)
   foreach(it ${ARGN})
-    if(${it} MATCHES ".*\\.i$")
+    if(${it} MATCHES "\\.i$")
       set(swig_dot_i_sources ${swig_dot_i_sources} "${it}")
     else()
       set(swig_other_sources ${swig_other_sources} "${it}")

Modules/UseVTKConfig40.cmake

@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ else()
   if(CMAKE_ANSI_CFLAGS)
     set(VTK_REQUIRED_C_FLAGS "${VTK_REQUIRED_C_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_ANSI_CFLAGS}")
   endif()
-  if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-V.*")
+  if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-V")
      set(VTK_REQUIRED_CXX_FLAGS
          "${VTK_REQUIRED_CXX_FLAGS} -timplicit_local -no_implicit_include")
   endif()

Source/CMakeVersionSource.cmake

@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ if(EXISTS ${CMake_SOURCE_DIR}/.git/HEAD)
 elseif(EXISTS ${CMake_SOURCE_DIR}/CVS/Repository)
   file(READ ${CMake_SOURCE_DIR}/CVS/Repository repo)
   set(branch "")
-  if("${repo}" MATCHES "\\.git/")
-    string(REGEX REPLACE ".*\\.git/([^\r\n]*).*" "-\\1" branch "${repo}")
+  if("${repo}" MATCHES "\\.git/([^\r\n]*)")
+    set(branch "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
   endif()
   set(CMake_VERSION_SOURCE "cvs${branch}")
 endif()

Tests/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ ${CMake_BINARY_DIR}/bin/cmake -DDIR=dev -P ${CMake_SOURCE_DIR}/Utilities/Release
   set(CTEST_package_X11_TEST ${CTEST_TEST_CPACK})
   set(CTEST_RUN_CPackComponentsForAll ${CTEST_TEST_CPACK})
 
-  if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux" AND NOT CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR MATCHES ".* .*")
+  if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux" AND NOT CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR MATCHES " ")
     find_program(RPMBUILD NAMES rpmbuild)
   endif()
   # Do not try to build RPM
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ ${CMake_BINARY_DIR}/bin/cmake -DDIR=dev -P ${CMake_SOURCE_DIR}/Utilities/Release
     if(APPLE)
       list(APPEND GENLST "DragNDrop")
     endif()
-    if (NOT CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR MATCHES ".* .*")
+    if (NOT CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR MATCHES " ")
       list(FIND ACTIVE_CPACK_GENERATORS "RPM" RPM_ACTIVE)
       if (NOT ${RPM_ACTIVE} EQUAL -1)
         list(APPEND GENLST "RPM")

Tests/CMakeTests/CheckCMakeTest.cmake

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ function(check_cmake_test_single prefix test testfile)
     ERROR_VARIABLE stderr
     RESULT_VARIABLE result
     )
-  string(REGEX REPLACE "\n" "\n out> " out " out> ${stdout}")
-  string(REGEX REPLACE "\n" "\n err> " err " err> ${stderr}")
+  string(REPLACE "\n" "\n out> " out " out> ${stdout}")
+  string(REPLACE "\n" "\n err> " err " err> ${stderr}")
   if(NOT "${result}" STREQUAL "${${test}-RESULT}")
     message(FATAL_ERROR
       "Test ${test} result is [${result}], not [${${test}-RESULT}].\n"

Tests/CMakeTests/ExecuteScriptTests.cmake

@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ function(execute_all_script_tests scriptname result)
 
   foreach(line ${script})
     if(line MATCHES "${regex}")
+      set(testname "${CMAKE_MATCH_2}")
+      set(expected_result "${CMAKE_MATCH_3}")
       math(EXPR count "${count} + 1")
-      string(REGEX REPLACE "${regex}" "\\2" testname "${line}")
-      string(REGEX REPLACE "${regex}" "\\3" expected_result "${line}")
       execute_one_script_test(${scriptname} ${testname} ${expected_result})
     endif()
   endforeach()

Tests/CTestUpdateCommon.cmake

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ function(run_child)
     ERROR_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
     )
   if(FAILED)
-    string(REGEX REPLACE "\n" "\n  " OUTPUT "${OUTPUT}")
+    string(REPLACE "\n" "\n  " OUTPUT "${OUTPUT}")
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Child failed (${FAILED}), output is\n  ${OUTPUT}\n"
       "Command = [${ARGN}]\n")
   endif()
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ function(check_updates build)
       ${TOP}/${build}/Testing/Temporary/LastUpdate*.log)
     if(UPDATE_LOG_FILE)
       file(READ ${UPDATE_LOG_FILE} UPDATE_LOG LIMIT ${max_update_xml_size})
-      string(REGEX REPLACE "\n" "\n  " UPDATE_LOG "${UPDATE_LOG}")
+      string(REPLACE "\n" "\n  " UPDATE_LOG "${UPDATE_LOG}")
       set(MSG "${MSG}Update log:\n  ${UPDATE_LOG}")
     else()
       set(MSG "${MSG}No update log found!")

Tests/Complex/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ ASSERT(Complex_BINARY_DIR "The PROJECT command is broken")
 #
 macro(TEST_ARGC value1 value2)
   add_definitions(${value1} ${value2})
-  if (${ARGC} MATCHES 4)
+  if (${ARGC} EQUAL 4)
     add_definitions(${ARGV2} ${ARGV3})
   endif ()
 endmacro()
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ if(NOT 2.4 EQUAL 2.4)
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed: NOT 2.4 EQUAL 2.4")
 endif()
 
-if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-V.*")
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-V")
   if(NOT CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
      set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -timplicit_local -no_implicit_include ")
   endif()

Tests/ComplexOneConfig/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ ASSERT(Complex_BINARY_DIR "The PROJECT command is broken")
 #
 macro(TEST_ARGC value1 value2)
   add_definitions(${value1} ${value2})
-  if (${ARGC} MATCHES 4)
+  if (${ARGC} EQUAL 4)
     add_definitions(${ARGV2} ${ARGV3})
   endif ()
 endmacro()
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ if(NOT 2.4 EQUAL 2.4)
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed: NOT 2.4 EQUAL 2.4")
 endif()
 
-if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-V.*")
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-V")
   if(NOT CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
      set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -timplicit_local -no_implicit_include ")
   endif()

Tests/CustomCommand/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -367,8 +367,8 @@ endif()
 
 foreach(arg ${CHECK_ARGS} "")
   set(ARG "${arg}")
-  string(REGEX REPLACE "\\\\" "\\\\\\\\" ARG "${ARG}")
-  string(REGEX REPLACE "\"" "\\\\\"" ARG "${ARG}")
+  string(REPLACE "\\" "\\\\" ARG "${ARG}")
+  string(REPLACE "\"" "\\\"" ARG "${ARG}")
   set(EXPECTED_ARGUMENTS
     "${EXPECTED_ARGUMENTS}  \"${ARG}\",
 ")

Tests/FindPackageModeMakefileTest/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if(UNIX  AND  "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" MATCHES "Makefile")
                   ERROR_QUIET
                   TIMEOUT 10)
   string(TOUPPER "${makeVersionOutput}" MAKE_VERSION_OUTPUT)
-  if("${MAKE_VERSION_OUTPUT}" MATCHES ".*GNU MAKE.*")
+  if("${MAKE_VERSION_OUTPUT}" MATCHES "GNU MAKE")
 
     # build a library which we can search during the test
     add_library(foo STATIC foo.cpp)

Tests/PerConfig/perconfig.cmake

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ endif()
 # Verify that the implementation files are named correctly.
 foreach(lib pcStatic pcShared)
   file(STRINGS "${${lib}_file}" info LIMIT_COUNT 1 REGEX "INFO:[^[]*\\[")
-  if(NOT "${info}" MATCHES ".*INFO:symbol\\[${lib}\\].*")
+  if(NOT "${info}" MATCHES "INFO:symbol\\[${lib}\\]")
     message(SEND_ERROR "No INFO:symbol[${lib}] found in:\n  ${${lib}_file}")
   endif()
 endforeach()

Tests/SubDirSpaces/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6)
 project(SUBDIR)
 
 # Some systems do not seem to support rpath with spaces.
-if("${CMAKE_SYSTEM}" MATCHES "IRIX|QNX")
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "IRIX|QNX")
   set(CMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH 1)
 endif()
 

cmake_uninstall.cmake.in

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ if(NOT EXISTS "@CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR@/install_manifest.txt")
 endif()
 
 file(READ "@CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR@/install_manifest.txt" files)
-string(REGEX REPLACE "\n" ";" files "${files}")
+string(REPLACE "\n" ";" files "${files}")
 foreach(file ${files})
   message(STATUS "Uninstalling \"$ENV{DESTDIR}${file}\"")
   if(EXISTS "$ENV{DESTDIR}${file}")