From 00745a1dd5fb3c644fcc34a8ba48877ab9161657 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lukas Thomann <lukas.thomann@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2026 15:37:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] toolchain: added reasons to the vcpkg assertions

Also pass HINTS instead of HINT to find_program, HINT was searched as a path.
---
 toolchain.cmake | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/toolchain.cmake b/toolchain.cmake
index c01795b..f0e5f7b 100644
--- a/toolchain.cmake
+++ b/toolchain.cmake
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ include(cth_tool_utilities)
 #delegate to vcpkg
 if(NOT CTH_DISABLE_VCPKG_INTEGRATION)
 
-    cth_assert_not_empty("$ENV{VCPKG_ROOT}")
-    cth_assert_program(vcpkg HINT "$ENV{VCPKG_ROOT}")
+    cth_assert_not_empty("$ENV{VCPKG_ROOT}" REASON "VCPKG_ROOT is not set, point it at your vcpkg directory or set CTH_DISABLE_VCPKG_INTEGRATION")
+    cth_assert_program(vcpkg HINTS "$ENV{VCPKG_ROOT}" REASON "vcpkg not found in VCPKG_ROOT ($ENV{VCPKG_ROOT}), run bootstrap-vcpkg there")
 
     message(STATUS "handing off to vcpkg")
     include("$ENV{VCPKG_ROOT}/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake")