Drop USE_PATH_INFO CMake option

Baking the PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH values at configure
time into the install tree is no good idea, really.

Author: ChristianTackeGSI

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
   * If your code has specific C++ needs, consider CMake's `target_compile_features()`.
 * Dropped `CHECK_EXTERNAL_PACKAGE_INSTALL_DIR`
   * Just remove it from your `CMakeLists.txt`.
+* Dropped `USE_PATH_INFO` CMake option. It was an anti-pattern. Don't use it!
 
 ### Deprecated
 * Deprecating MbsAPI

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -93,17 +93,6 @@ SET(VMCWORKDIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/examples)
 include(CheckSymbolExists)
 
 
-Option(USE_PATH_INFO "Information from PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH are used." OFF)
-
-If(USE_PATH_INFO)
-  Set(PATH $ENV{PATH})
-  If (APPLE)
-    Set(LD_LIBRARY_PATH $ENV{DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH})
-  Else (APPLE)
-    Set(LD_LIBRARY_PATH $ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH})
-  EndIf (APPLE)
-EndIf(USE_PATH_INFO)
-
 if(DEFINED ENV{SIMPATH})
   set(SIMPATH $ENV{SIMPATH})
   list(PREPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${SIMPATH})

templates/project_root_containers/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -61,18 +61,6 @@ set(LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib")
 set(EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin")
 set(INCLUDE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/include")
 Set(VMCWORKDIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR})
-Option(USE_PATH_INFO "Information from PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH are
-used." OFF)
-If(USE_PATH_INFO)
-  Set(PATH "$PATH")
-  If (APPLE)
-    Set(LD_LIBRARY_PATH $ENV{DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH})
-  Else (APPLE)
-    Set(LD_LIBRARY_PATH $ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH})
-  EndIf (APPLE)
-Else(USE_PATH_INFO)
-  STRING(REGEX MATCHALL "[^:]+" PATH $ENV{PATH})
-EndIf(USE_PATH_INFO)
 
 
 # Check if the user wants to build the project in the source

templates/project_stl_containers/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -61,18 +61,6 @@ set(LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib")
 set(EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin")
 set(INCLUDE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/include")
 Set(VMCWORKDIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR})
-Option(USE_PATH_INFO "Information from PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH are
-used." OFF)
-If(USE_PATH_INFO)
-  Set(PATH "$PATH")
-  If (APPLE)
-    Set(LD_LIBRARY_PATH $ENV{DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH})
-  Else (APPLE)
-    Set(LD_LIBRARY_PATH $ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH})
-  EndIf (APPLE)
-Else(USE_PATH_INFO)
-  STRING(REGEX MATCHALL "[^:]+" PATH $ENV{PATH})
-EndIf(USE_PATH_INFO)
 
 
 # Check if the user wants to build the project in the source