Hi Pat, In some extent, I think the problem has been addressed in CMake master. See
http://public.kitware.com/gitweb?p=cmake.git;a=commitdiff;h=987c017f6b1b49ab832c244166e30e07260432da http://public.kitware.com/gitweb?p=cmake.git;a=commitdiff;h=987c017f6b1b49ab832c244166e30e07260432da and http://www.cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=12564 Hth Jc On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Pat Marion <pat.mar...@kitware.com> wrote: > When using ExternalProject, sometimes the build rules decide that an > existing source directory needs to be deleted and re{downloaded,cloned}. > In my experience, this is pretty dangerous and I have lost work due to it. > Would it be possible to throw an error and ask the user to perform the > delete, or pass a --force argument? Is it the case that dashboards rely on > the ability to do a hard-delete of a source directory during intermediate > builds? > > Pat > > -- > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake > -- +1 919 869 8849
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