On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Ben Medina <ben.med...@gmail.com> wrote: > David, > > Yes, adding "call" to the front of the command works. Thanks! Would be > great to get that fixed for 2.8.7, as I spent a good portion of > yesterday racking my brain about this. > > I also discovered that, if using a variable to build the > CONFIGURE_COMMAND, that variable should be a list, rather than a > space-separated string. Would be nice to document that, too.
How / where should that be documented? Where would you have looked for that information? That's how all the *_COMMAND args for ExternalProject are... I think it would be better expressed through example/sample code that uses variables, but I'm not sure where the best place to put the documentation is. David > > Thanks, > Ben > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 6:51 PM, David Cole <david.c...@kitware.com> wrote: >> Try changing the configure command to "call bootstrap.bat" instead. >> I suspect this is related to the symptoms reported in these bugs: >> http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=12445 >> http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=12461 >> >> Related to using "bat" or "cmd" files as custom commands. We need to get >> those fixed for 2.8.7 in the VS 2010 generator. >> Let me know if adding "call " to the front of the command works in this >> case. >> >> Thanks, >> David >> >> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 5:30 PM, Ben Medina <ben.med...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I'm trying to build Boost as an external project, but it won't build >>> if I use the VS2010 generator. I've whittled the code down to the >>> following CMakeLists.txt: >>> >>> cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8) >>> project (boost-external) >>> >>> set (Boost_Source "E:/boost_1_47_0") >>> >>> include(ExternalProject) >>> ExternalProject_Add( >>> Boost >>> SOURCE_DIR "${Boost_Source}" >>> UPDATE_COMMAND "" >>> BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1 >>> CONFIGURE_COMMAND bootstrap.bat >>> BUILD_COMMAND b2 install >>> INSTALL_COMMAND "" >>> ) >>> >>> When I build the project, the configure step happens, but the build >>> step is skipped: >>> >>> Microsoft (R) Visual Studio Version 10.0.40219.1. >>> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. All rights reserved. >>> 2>------ Build started: Project: Boost, Configuration: Debug x64 ------ >>> 2> Performing configure step for 'Boost' >>> 2> Building Boost.Build engine >>> 2> >>> 2> Bootstrapping is done. To build, run: >>> 2> >>> 2> .\b2 >>> 2> >>> 2> To adjust configuration, edit 'project-config.jam'. >>> 2> Further information: >>> 2> >>> 2> - Command line help: >>> 2> .\b2 --help >>> 2> >>> 2> - Getting started guide: >>> 2> http://boost.org/more/getting_started/windows.html >>> 2> >>> 2> - Boost.Build documentation: >>> 2> http://www.boost.org/boost-build2/doc/html/index.html >>> 3>------ Build started: Project: ALL_BUILD, Configuration: Debug x64 >>> ------ >>> 3> Build all projects >>> ========== Build: 3 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped >>> ========== >>> >>> When I use the VS2008 generator, the project builds as expected: >>> >>> Microsoft (R) Visual Studio Version 9.0.30729.1. >>> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. All rights reserved. >>> 1>------ Build started: Project: Boost, Configuration: Debug x64 ------ >>> 1>Creating directories for 'Boost' >>> 1>No download step for 'Boost' >>> 1>No patch step for 'Boost' >>> 1>No update step for 'Boost' >>> 1>Performing configure step for 'Boost' >>> 1>Building Boost.Build engine >>> ... >>> 1>Generating Code... >>> 1>Bootstrapping is done. To build, run: >>> 1> .\b2 >>> 1> >>> 1>To adjust configuration, edit 'project-config.jam'. >>> 1>Further information: >>> 1> - Command line help: >>> 1> .\b2 --help >>> 1> >>> 1> - Getting started guide: >>> 1> http://boost.org/more/getting_started/windows.html >>> 1> >>> 1> - Boost.Build documentation: >>> 1> http://www.boost.org/boost-build2/doc/html/index.html >>> 1>Performing build step for 'Boost' >>> 1>has_icu_test.cpp >>> 1>Performing configuration checks >>> ... >>> >>> And it goes on to build from there. >>> >>> >>> I'm using CMake 2.8.6. Is there some way I can work around this, or >>> should I file a bug? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Ben >>> -- >>> >>> 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