Hi, To download the common file(s) at configure time, you could follow the approach discussed here: http://cmake.3232098.n2.nabble.com/is-it-possible-to-download-CMake-modules-at-configure-time-td7583968.html#a7584113
Hth Jc On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Matthew Woehlke < [email protected]> wrote: > On 2013-05-11 17:22, Shlomi Fish wrote: > >> many of my CMake-based projects carry a common top-level "Common.cmake" >> file >> that I copy from one project to another and enhance, and since this is >> duplicate code/functionality I would like to consolidate it. >> >> What I want to be able to do is say something like: >> >> <CODE> >> INCLUDE(ShlomifCommon) >> </CODE> >> >> at the top, and then have it read from a system wide "ShlomifCommon.cmake" >> file that I will maintain in one central location, and install. >> > > If you put the file in one of CMake's default module search paths, it > should Just Work. And/or if you arrange for your software process to set > CMAKE_MODULE_PATH to the location of the same, then again it should Just > Work. > > For redistribution, I would have your project do a list(APPEND) on the > same to where the file will exist when building from a distribution source > package. In development, just don't have a copy in that location (or you > could put one there to override the system copy if for some reason you need > to do so). > > Another option to consider is keeping the file in an external repository > and using your VCS's external-repo support to bring it into your other > projects. This way the file exists in your source tree, but your VCS is > tracking it against a central repository, rather than each project's repo > having independent copies. (This will also probably make getting the file > into your source packages easier.) > > > For a bonus point, I'd like to have a way to copy this file into >> every project's tarball so it won't require installation. >> > > How do you create tarballs? > > -- > Matthew > > > -- > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/** > opensource/opensource.html<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<http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ> > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://www.cmake.org/mailman/**listinfo/cmake<http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake> > -- +1 919 869 8849
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