Hi, Thanks, calling ctest directly worked:
ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET( check COMMAND ctest ) But using dependencies gives an error. If I understood the docs correctly ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET( check ) ADD_DEPENDENCIES( check test ) should work, but doesn't. William A. Hoffman wrote: > All make test does is run ctest, so it may be easier to just run > ctest from the custom target check directly. > > But if you want to do it this way, you can use : > http://www.cmake.org/HTML/Documentation.html > > ADD_DEPENDENCIES: Add a dependency between top-level targets. > > ADD_DEPENDENCIES(target-name depend-target1 > depend-target2 ...) > > Make a top-level target depend on other top-level targets. A top-level target > is one created by ADD_EXECUTABLE, ADD_LIBRARY, or ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET. Adding > dependencies with this command can be used to make sure one target is built > before another target. See the DEPENDS option of ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET and > ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND for adding file-level dependencies in custom rules. See > the OBJECT_DEPENDS option in SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES to add file-level > dependencies to object files. > > > The DEPENDS in here only can only refer to files: > ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET: Add a target with no output so it will always be built. > > ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(Name [ALL] [command1 [args1...]] > [COMMAND command2 [args2...] ...] > [DEPENDS depend depend depend ... ]) > [WORKING_DIRECTORY dir] > > Adds a target with the given name that executes the given commands every time > the target is built. If the ALL option is specified it indicates that this > target should be added to the default build target so that it will be run > every time (the command cannot be called ALL). The command and arguments are > optional and if not specified an empty target will be created. If > WORKING_DIRECTORY is set, then the command will be run in that directory. > Dependencies listed with the DEPENDS argument may reference files and outputs > of custom commands created with ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND. Dependencies on other > targets may be added using the ADD_DEPENDENCIES command. > > -Bill > > > At 07:36 AM 7/29/2006, Marcelo Fontenele S Santos wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am trying to create an alias for the "test" target called "check" in >> order to use some tools that work with autotools' generated Makefiles. >> >> I tried the following: >> >> ADD_EXECUTABLE( stuff_test stuff_test.cpp ) >> >> ADD_TEST( stuff_test stuff_test ) >> >> ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET( check DEPENDS test ) >> >> When I run "make test" it works: >> >> Running tests... >> Start processing tests >> Test project >> 1/ 1 Testing stuff_test Passed >> >> 100% tests passed, 0 tests failed out of 1 >> >> but when I run "make check" this is the result: >> >> *** No rule to make target `cmaketest/test', needed by `check'. Stop. >> >> I think the problem is in the way CTest defines the test target. >> >> Can anyone help me? >> >> Thanks, >> -- >> Marcelo Fontenele S Santos<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- Marcelo Fontenele S Santos<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ CMake mailing list CMake@cmake.org http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake