Thanks, I didn't even think of doing it like that :) This works great. Thanks!
--------- Robert Dailey On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Fraser Hutchison < fraser.hutchi...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi Robert, > > I think you need something like: > > > if( NOT COPY_DONE ) > ....... do work ........ > set( COPY_DONE true CACHE BOOL "This is my documentation" FORCE ) > endif() > > Cheers, > > Fraser. > > > > On 01/11/2011 18:37, Robert Dailey wrote: > > There is a one-time operation I need CMake to perform the very first time > a user generates. This operation involves copying several files from a > remote server (third party libraries) and placing them in the binary dir. > > Right now I'm attempting to do this via a cache variable: > > set( COPY_DONE false CACHE BOOL "This is my documentation" ) > if( NOT COPY_DONE ) > ....... do work ........ > set( COPY_DONE true ) > endif() > > I do not make this an INTERNAL cache variable because at any time the > user should be able to set COPY_DONE to false manually and it should recopy > everything, and then set it back to 'true'. > > The code above does not work because I'm not using set( COPY_DONE true > ............ FORCE ). But I have to resupply the docstring if I do it this > way. > > Am I going about this the wrong way? Can anyone recommend a different > approach? If not, how can I do this without having to duplicate the doc > string? > > --------- > Robert Dailey > > > -- > > 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 > >
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