On 4. Jan, 2010, at 19:15 , Alexander Neundorf wrote: [snip] > >> - There is no distinction between install prefixes for the target and the >> host. Sometimes I'd like to put various build tools on the host system at >> the same time as libs and binaries on the target root. > > In CMake one build tree uses one toolchain. So in one build tree you can only > create executable which run either for the target, of for the host, not both > in one go. > So if you need first to create host build tools, and later on use them for > the > actual cross compile, you need two build trees. I would recommend to "export" > the executable and "import" them again in the cross build. > > If this is not your problem, but really just the install location, you can > set > the install location of every install() command separately, this is > completely independent from the cross compiling support.
To automate this you can use the ExternalProject.cmake that comes with CMake-2.8 to build the host tools. You can then use add_executable(tool IMPORTED) and set_target_properties(tool PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ...) to import the tool target into the cross-compiling project. Michael _______________________________________________ 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
