Hi David, I don't see the exact difference between (1) and (2). And yes, I was thinking of using the project name as a target. You are right, that it might cause clashes with existing projects, though :-(
We use the convention that project names are always capitalized, so we usually don't run into problems. Is there a nifty trick to wrap the 'project' command? I never succeeded in doing that. Best regards, Marcel Loose. On Fri, 2009-09-11 at 07:09 -0400, David Cole wrote: > When you say "make the project name a target" what do you mean by > that? > > > (1) internally create a CMake target with the given name? > (2) create a makefile target with that name that builds all the cmake > targets in that cmake project? > (3) something else? > > > (1) is probably not feasible for most folks -- because many people use > the same name for their PROJECT statement and the main library or > executable for that project.... which is already a cmake target (and a > makefile target) with that name. > > > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 3:51 AM, Marcel Loose <lo...@astron.nl> wrote: > Hi all, > > I was wondering whether it's a good idea to make the project > name (i.e. > the argument to the 'project' command) a target. > > Rationale: I have a project that consists of numerous > sub-projects and I > would like to be able to build some of these separately. > Wrapping the > 'project' command in a macro is not a solution, because AFAIK > CMake > *must* see a 'project' command in the top-level CMakeLists.txt > file; a > 'myproject' macro, wrapping the 'project' command, will not > do. > > Any comments? > > Best regards, > Marcel Loose. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ 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