Ok.. Do you have an example somewhere ? -----Original Message----- From: Nicholas Braden [mailto:nicholas11bra...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 6:11 PM To: Scott Aron Bloom Cc: Alan W. Irwin; cmake@cmake.org Subject: Re: [CMake] Two phase install?
Both projects should be built via ExternalProject within a superproject, this way you can use the DEPENDS arguments to guarantee build order. On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 8:08 PM, Scott Aron Bloom <sc...@towel42.com> wrote: > Do you have apointer to an example of using the external_project. > > I have split the projects up, and install the first one.. But I cant > seem to get the external project on the downstream cmake run to > properly depend that the previous one was run > > Scott > > -----Original Message----- > From: CMake [mailto:cmake-boun...@cmake.org] On Behalf Of Scott Aron > Bloom > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 2:50 PM > To: Alan W. Irwin > Cc: cmake@cmake.org > Subject: Re: [CMake] Two phase install? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan W. Irwin [mailto:ir...@beluga.phys.uvic.ca] > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 2:48 PM > To: Scott Aron Bloom > Cc: cmake@cmake.org > Subject: Re: [CMake] Two phase install? > > On 2016-03-23 20:25-0000 Scott Aron Bloom wrote: > >> Here is my problem. >> >> The project I have creates an application, that is needed to build the rest >> of the project. >> >> To imagine it, imagine the application is a custom yacc/lex based parser >> that reads in a file and generates an output file. >> >> In order for the application to run correctly, it needs an install step. >> However, the results of the application, are part of the final install. >> >> Is there anyway to say "build this, and create its install area" and >> afterwards run the rest of the requirements for install? > > Yes. I suggest you build and install your application and the rest of your > project as two separate CMake projects with a common install-tree prefix. > > Of course, you could stop there with two completely independent projects that > you (and your users) learn to build and install in the correct order. > However, CMake allows you to organize such multiple builds and installs with > ExternalProject_Add. I like and use that a lot for large numbers of > different projects that depend on each other, and you might also find it > useful for your case of just two independent projects. > > Alan > ============ > > Thanks, the ExternalProject_Add is exactly what I needed a hint towards!!! > > > > -- > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more > information on each offering, please visit: > > CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html > CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html > CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake > -- > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more > information on each offering, please visit: > > CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html > CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html > CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake
