--- /dev/null
+## ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+## $Id$
+##
+## Copyright (C) 2013 by the deal.II authors
+##
+## This file is part of the deal.II library.
+##
+## The deal.II library is free software; you can use it, 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 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+## The full text of the license can be found in the file LICENSE at
+## the top level of the deal.II distribution.
+##
+## ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+#
+# CMakes Ninja generator is currently incompatible with everything but gcc
+# and clang.
+#
+# - Matthias Maier, 2013
+#
+
+IF( CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Ninja" AND NOT
+ ( CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU" OR
+ CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang" ) )
+ MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "\n"
+ "Error!\n"
+ "The CMAKE_GENERATOR \"${CMAKE_GENERATOR}\" "
+ "currently only supports the GNU and Clang C++ compilers, but "
+ "\"${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}\" was found.\n\n"
+ )
+ENDIF()