2012/2/13 Nicholas Yue <[email protected]>: > On 13/02/12 6:47 PM, Eric Noulard wrote: >> >> 2012/2/13 Nicholas Yue<[email protected]>: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> There is an existing project I have access to that already have CMake >>> configuration file but the way it is written requires alot of >>> preprocessing >>> steps (python, shell etc) before it is usable. >>> >>> I wanted to investigate a cleaner (truer to CMake original design >>> purpose) usage of CMake, >>> >>> So, I have an original-project directory which contains both the >>> source >>> and the CMakeLists.txt in a nested directory structure. >>> >>> I want to create my own CMake hierarchy (structure the same way) but >>> reference the source code in the original-project directory location. >>> >>> How do I tell CMake to refer to source code at some other top level >>> directory as a starting point. >>> >>> Is there such a concept in CMake ? >> >> I am not sure to fully understand you request but in a CMakeLists.txt >> you can perfectly >> refer to source located outside the directory the CMakeLists.txt is in, >> you can use either relative or absolute path and do something like: >> >> add_executable(NiceTarget ../../relpath/to/source.c >> ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/abspath/to/another.c) > > Yes, I know I can do that. I am hoping to avoid maintaining a hierarchy of > such modification. > > There are 42 CMakeLists.txt files each with multiple libraries, test and > such.
I see... > I was hoping there is a way to (assuming I maintain the same hierarchy) tell > CMake to start looking for source from some other top level directory 'once' > and it will be able to find the source in the 'other' location that is > different to my 'cleaned-up' version of CMakeLists.txt I'm afraid there isn't such a feature with CMake. If I'm wrong I'm sure somebody will step in and explain the nasty possibly undocumented feature you can use but I doubt it. -- Erk Membre de l'April - « promouvoir et défendre le logiciel libre » - http://www.april.org -- 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
