You can do what you want with add_custom_command and add_custom_target. Have you read about those CMake commands...?
http://cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake-2-8-docs.html#command:add_custom_command http://cmake.org/cmake/help/cmake-2-8-docs.html#command:add_custom_target HTH, David On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Mark Jones <mark.jones1...@gmail.com>wrote: > If I have a build system in place (that uses gmake) that I am already > comfortable with and would just like to use cmake to create Visual Studio > (or XCode) projects that simply have release and debug targets that call > gmake for me, can I do that with cmake? Or, does cmake always generate a > makefile too that is used by the projects that it creates? > > In other words, I want cmake to generate something like the following in > the vcproj file: > > <Configurations> > <Configuration > Name="debug|Win32" > OutputDirectory="log" > IntermediateDirectory="log" > ConfigurationType="0" > > > <Tool > Name="VCNMakeTool" > BuildCommandLine="gmake DEBUG=1 build" > ReBuildCommandLine="gmake DEBUG=1 rebuild" > CleanCommandLine="gmake DEBUG=1 clean" > Output="" > PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG;DEBUG" > [snip] > /> > </Configuration> > > and I don't want it to write out any makefile at all as I want gmake to use > the makefile that I already have in place. > > Also, I'd like to do the same kind of thing with XCode project generation > and I'd like to know if that is possible too. > > If it always generates a makefile too, I imagine a workaround would be to > let cmake create the vcproj file that builds using the cmake generated > makefile, but then tell cmake to generate the makefile so that it then calls > gmake on my already existing makefile, but that is not ideal since it would > be an unnecessary step in the build process. > > Thanks, > Mark > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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