On 7/7/2010 7:45 AM, Marcel Loose wrote:
My pragmatic question is: is there a different way to check whether a target has already been defined, or not.
Try this: get_target_property(mytarget_exists mytarget TYPE) if(mytarget_exists) message("YES") else() message("NO") endif() The if(TARGET) mode was added in 2.6.2 to make the test more readable. -Brad _______________________________________________ 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