Seems like the solution here is to make COMMENT work properly/consistently across all generators. That's the point, after all, right?
On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 12:33 AM, Hendrik Sattler <p...@hendrik-sattler.de> wrote: > However, this messes up parallel make progress output. > > Am 7. April 2017 22:22:08 MESZ schrieb Craig Scott <craig.sc...@crascit.com>: >>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 >>> > > -- > Diese Nachricht wurde von meinem Android-Mobiltelefon mit K-9 Mail gesendet. -- 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