As of e591fdc Fast-CDR doesn't pass the configuration step with CMake 3.5 anymore.
The issue seems to be that the project specifies the project as CXX but that the CMake tries to compile C code to perform the checks.
Cmake output with CMake 3.5 (failing):
https://ci.ros2.org/job/ci_linux/4594/console#console-section-5
Cmake output with CMake 3.10 (passing):
https://ci.ros2.org/job/ci_linux/4593/console#console-section-4