Hi there
I build an executable A. I have set up another target A_remote that uses a
custom launcher for remote debugging with Visual Studio. What I'm trying to
achieve is that before the A_remote target is run, another target is run that
deploys files to the remote computer. So I add a custom target run_deploy that
runs a batch file, and make A_remote depend on it. As run_deploy also copies
image files which aren't part of the VS solution, I want it to always run
before launching A_remote.
However, when I build the entire solution, I don't want VS to build anything
related to remote debugging, which is why I use EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD. But
when I do that, and build A_remote, VS tells me
1>------ Skipped Build: Project: run_deploy, Configuration: Debug x64 ------
1>Project not selected to build for this solution configuration
Here's a sample CMakeLists.txt.
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.11.0 FATAL_ERROR)
file(WRITE main.cpp "int main(){return 0;}\n")
file(WRITE deploy.bat "echo Deploying!\n")
add_executable(A main.cpp)
add_executable(A_remote main.cpp)
add_custom_target(run_deploy "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/deploy.bat")
set_target_properties(run_deploy PROPERTIES EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD 1)
add_dependencies(A_remote run_deploy)
The documentation
https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/prop_tgt/EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD.html
says "Exclude target from Build Solution." This might have been the intention,
but the way it is implemented seems to do more than that.
Anyways, how can I achieve that run_deploy is always built when I build
A_remote, but not when I build the solution or ALL_BUILD? Is that even
possible? Is there a workaround?
Cheers,
Andreas
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