On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 8:12 AM, DKLind <davidkl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is it possible to replace the default target of the "Unix Makefiles" > generated Makefile of 'all' with 'help'? By default, I mean when no target > is specified when invoking 'make', the 'all' target is assumed.
Because cmake works with so many targets, it's unlikely this would be of much use; ninja itself has ability to specify default target, but that's not available from CMake; also generators like Visual Studio, et al. don't have 'all' they have ALL_BUILD and no 'help' target. https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.0/command/build_command.html I suppose you could wrap your CMakeLists in another that checks $<target> and if not set, then trigger cmake --build with --target help.... that's probably a really bad idea in general though. If someone is using cmake to build though; one would think they would just 'know' that make help is a thing to do... Or - why would you want your one project to behave any different than all the others in the world? (or perhaps a nicer phrasing) Why do you want to do this? > > ------------------------------ > View this message in context: Replace default "make all" with "make help" > <http://cmake.3232098.n2.nabble.com/Replace-default-make-all-with-make-help-tp7595988.html> > Sent from the CMake mailing list archive > <http://cmake.3232098.n2.nabble.com/> at Nabble.com. > > -- > > 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 >
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