used the CheckCXXCompilerFlag module of Cmake to check the compiler w…

…hether or not supporting c++11. (iovisor#1116)

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ enable_testing()
 include(cmake/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake)
 include(cmake/version.cmake)
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
+include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
 
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
 
@@ -64,7 +65,14 @@ if (USINGISYSTEM AND GCC_VERSION VERSION_LESS 6.0)
   endforeach()
 endif()
 
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11 -Wall ${CXX_ISYSTEM_DIRS}")
+CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG("-std=c++11" COMPILER_SUPPORTS_CXX11)
+if(COMPILER_SUPPORTS_CXX11)
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11")
+else()
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "Compiler ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} has no C++11 support.")
+endif()
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall ${CXX_ISYSTEM_DIRS}")
 endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(examples)