Yet another layer of cmake policy wrapping to avoid trouble with cmake 2.4.5 on Linux

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -17,7 +17,16 @@
 # On Linux it appears that cmake 2.4 does not work with Cuda cmake rules
 CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.6)
 
+# Does someone at Kitware actually believe that this policy crap
+# might actually make cmake LESS brittle?
+# (Probably the same genius who came up the endif(allthesamecrap) syntax)
+# Older cmake versions do not have cmake_policy command
 if(COMMAND cmake_policy)
+    # Cmake 2.4.5, the default cmake on red hat linux, has the
+    # cmake_policy command, but it does not work
+    if(${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION} EQUAL 2 AND ${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION} EQUAL 4})
+       # do nothing
+    else(${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION} EQUAL 2 AND ${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION} EQUAL 4})
         if(POLICY CMP0003)
             cmake_policy(SET CMP0003 NEW) 
         endif(POLICY CMP0003)
@@ -27,6 +36,7 @@ if(COMMAND cmake_policy)
         if(POLICY CMP0011) 
             cmake_policy(SET CMP0011 NEW) 
         endif(POLICY CMP0011)
+    endif(${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION} EQUAL 2 AND ${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION} EQUAL 4})
 endif(COMMAND cmake_policy)
 
 # Don't create a new project name if this is part of a mega-build from the