If you can't/won't use CMake on all platforms (why? Seems like extra maintenance effort)... You should be OK if you do an out of source build as usually recommended for CMake; that is, generating the build files (by running cmake in) in a different directory than your source code.
Ryan On Wed, Mar 18, 2015, 6:00 PM aditya siram <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > I have a cross platform project where Linux/Mac users will use the > standard "autoheader;autoconf;./configure .." routine, but on Windows users > will do "cmake .; make". > > I am using CMake solely to substitute some variables in some subdirectory > Makefile.in's. > > The problem is that there is an existing Makefile in the root of the > project that must not be disturbed but keeps getting overwritten whenever I > run "cmake .". > > How do I stop CMake from generating a Makefile? > > Thanks! > -deech > -- > > 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://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake
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