On Tue, 2019-03-05 at 10:01 -0700, Olivier Gomez wrote: > Hello, > > I have been searching for a way to remove a custom command > (POST_BUILD > event) from a target in CMake but, so far, I've found nothing. > > I tried to add another custom command to override the first one but > it seems > to append a second command. > I tough that could work because of the first signature of > add_custom_command() that can take an optional argument named APPEND. > https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.4/command/add_custom_command.html#gen > erating-files > Then, I looked for a target property that contains the POST_BUILD > custom > command (to erase it) but, again, I found nothing related (I listed > every > property using the "cmake --help-property-list" command). > > > The context is that I configure a project using a "CMake SDK" from a > third > party library (custom functions that create and configure a shared > library > target basically). > Until recently, I used to create those target by myself using > standard CMake > command. > But now I switched to the "SDK" because it does a lot of specific > thing > depending on the platform (and between the current version of the SDK > and > all the legacy version) and I don't want to rewrite everything. > > Specifically, this SDK add a custom command as a POST_BUILD event to > run a > tool that perform a signature on the produced library. As it is a > proprietary tool that requires a valid licence to work, I want to > remove > that command in order to have a successful build even if i don't > currently > have a licence on my machine. > > So ... is there some way to remove a custom command in CMake ? (or > ignore > failed command maybe)
CMake doesn't have a way to remove a custom command from a target. Your best bet would be to either: 1) Fork the SDK for your project to remove the proprietary tool, or 2) Submit a patch upstream to add an option to disable the proprietary tool. Kyle -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: https://cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
