I have nothing to say for 1. and 2. but I also would like to see 3. in
CMake. Currently I am patching some third_party sources to suit my
needs and it would be easier for me if patch was added as an CMake -E
command.
I was considering making a feature request but since Michael has
mentioned it here, I thought I would add my 2 cents worth.
Michael Wild wrote:
Hi all
I have a few questions concerning the new ExternalProject module
(which, by the way is fantastic and really simplifies my code).
1. From my understanding of the ExternalProject_Add documentation,
shouldn't INSTALL_DIR be passed on the configure-line as
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=${INSTALL_DIR} when configuring a
CMake-based project? As far as I can tell, <INSTALL_DIR> is never used
in _ep_add_configure_command (and also no other place, although the
ExternalProject_Add_Step does the substitution).
2. Is it possible to have the library produced by ExternalProject_Add
depend on the target created by ExternalProject_Add? This would
greatly simplify dependency tracking for me.
3. It would be really useful if CMake implemented a '-E patch'
command. In the same line, it would be great if ExternalProject_Add
had a PATCH_FILE <patch> option, which allows one to simply pass it a
patch which applies with -p1 to the source directory.
Michael
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