# FetchContent / CMAKE\_MAKE\_PROGRAM error

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/fetchcontent-cmake-make-program-error/2468
**Category:** Usage
**Tags:** gen:ninja
**Created:** [January 4, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/fetchcontent-cmake-make-program-error/2468 "2021-01-04T19:46:02Z")
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### Author: ![YMba9g8j9CJp0wLoQf5y](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/ymba9g8j9cjp0wloqf5y/32/1244_2.png) [@YMba9g8j9CJp0wLoQf5y](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/YMba9g8j9CJp0wLoQf5y)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/fetchcontent-cmake-make-program-error/2468/8 "2021-01-04T21:40:30Z")

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So basically the cmake workflow I want to create is just illegal. Because I’m trying to define CMAKE\_MAKE\_PROGRAM far too late.

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