Thanks everyone. These are all great ideas and I will attempt to incorporate a hybrid of them all. BTW, this is for the HDF5 project.
Thanks mike jackson On Dec 3, 2013, at 8:56 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- >> I need to implement a "test" that does an installation of my project into a >> location and then check that all the files indeed got installed or if there >> are any errors during the installation. Is there a "best practice" way of >> achieving this with CMake? Does CMake itself do something like this in their >> own test suite? >> > > I'm not sure if there is a best practice for this, but I make a test like > this: > add_test(package ${CMAKE_CPACK_COMMAND} -V -C \${CTEST_CONFIGURATION_TYPE} > --config "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/CPackConfig.cmake") > > With it being verbose (-V), I can get extra information to show up on cdash > in case there are problems. > > I also have additional install commands > install(CODE/SCRIPT ...) > to check if the installation is OK. That includes things like > BundleUtilities, and a test run of the program. > > Clint > -- > > 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://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake -- 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://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
