On 2008-02-21 08:25+0100 Vandenbroucke Sander wrote:
Hi,
I want to pass a variable to CMakeLists.txt's in sub directories:
Top directory CMakeLists.txt:
set( VAR1 )
add_subdirectory (subdir1)
add_subdirectory (subdir2)
Each subdir CMakeLists.txt:
...
set( VAR1 ${VAR1} extend_var1 )
...
I use VAR1 later on in the linker.
How can I make this work?
The reason why this does not work in the present form is you are attempting
to pass VAR1 up from subdir1 to top-level, before passing it down again to
subdir2 from the top-level. Passing variables down is fine, but passing
variables from subdirectories to their parent normally does not occur with
CMake.
From recent discussion on this list you should use the
GET_DIRECTORY_PROPERTY command to pass variable information to parent
directories. So instead of the above use the following (subject to some
uncertainty since I have no practical experience with this method).
Top directory CMakeLists.txt:
set( VAR1 )
add_subdirectory (subdir1)
get_directory_property(VAR1 DIRECTORY subdir1 VARIABLES VAR1)
add_subdirectory (subdir2)
get_directory_property(VAR1 DIRECTORY subdir2 VARIABLES VAR1)
...
Anyhow, you get the general idea subject to some uncertainty on my part of
what the exact syntax for GET_DIRECTORY_PROPERTY should be. Perhaps I am
just too sleepy at this time in the morning, but that particular
documentation seems to be a bit unclear to me. So if the above syntax
doesn't work (which you can confirm by using the MESSAGE command), then you
may have to adjust it a bit.
Good luck.
Alan
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University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca).
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