I would strongly encourage you to allow the download to occur at build time using ExternalProject_Add. There's no need to make the configure step of CMake wait for a download.
There is no way to execute the custom command steps of an ExternalProject at cmake configure time... If you really want to do it, though, just use "execute_process" and give it the command that you want to run to clone or pull from the git repo. "execute_process" calls, when used in a CMakeLists.txt file, run while CMake is configuring the build tree. HTH, David On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Jan Wurster <jan.wurs...@icido.de> wrote: > Dear list, > > as I'm encountering a case where I'd like to trigger the download of a > file (3rd party) structure from a git repository I've been looking into > ExternalProject_add and its benefits. However the key element would be > to perform the download step immediately, i.e. at cmake first run time > in the configure step of the wrapping project. > > Is it possible to trigger individual steps to be done 'now' instead of > during build time or should I look at implementing a custom script for > this case? > > Thanks in advance, cheers, > Jan > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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