Unfortunately, COMMENT is unreliable. Some generators will honour it, others won't. A more robust alternative is to use CMake's command mode to echo the comment instead. Eg:
add_custom_command( TARGET zApp_zip POST_BUILD COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "test2" COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} ARGS ...snip... ) On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 11:40 PM, Robert Dailey <rcdailey.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > So I probably am not understanding how this works. > > I have a custom target, that I later add multiple custom commands to. > Each custom command has a COMMENT set, but the target itself does too: > > add_custom_target(zApp_zip COMMENT "test1") > > add_custom_command( TARGET zApp_zip POST_BUILD > COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} ARGS ...snip... > COMMENT "test2" > ) > > Instead of seeing "test1" or "test2" when running, I get: > > $ ninja zApp_zip > [1/1] Running utility command for zApp_zip > > Why does it say "Running utility command"? What is the behavior of all > the comments supposed to be? Is this a ninja-specific issue or > behavior? > -- > > 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 > -- Craig Scott Melbourne, Australia https://crascit.com
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