2011/12/14 Alexander Broekhuis <a.broekh...@gmail.com>: > Hi, > >> >> CMake takes great care regarding dependencies on files which are needed >> to build targets, i.e. usually, it's not necessary to specify any extra >> dependencies of a target on a file. In my exemplary project, the README >> file is actually not needed to build the library target, so CMake does >> not add an appropriate dependency. However, the README file is needed >> to generate the ZIP file, so the latter must be a separate target with >> dependencies on its own, whereas the approach to generate the ZIP file >> by a TARGET-style custom command for the library target is wrong, IMO; >> one can just trigger the ZIP file target in this way. In other words: >> You have two targets with different dependencies - don't mix them up. > > > In my case the output is the ZIP file. So the zip file is produced by the > top level target, and I don't want/need a separate target for it.
Yes but CMake's jobs is to build libraries and executables not "bundle" which is more the CPack's job, however I understand your point. An extra target may be a small price to pay, no? > The generated zip file (bundle) is the deployable unit which contains a > library and additional information needed (at runtime) to use the library, > which is located in the manifest file. If the manifest file changes, without > a change to the library source, the zip file still needs to be regenerated. > As such the output of the target depends on the manifest file, hence the > need for a dependency to a file. Yes sure, sometimes file dependencies are needed. By the way I see you custom-commands in order to create a bundle on MacOS? Did you try try CPack MacOSX bundle generator? http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake:CPackPackageGenerators#Bundle_.28OSX_only.29 May be that's already what your CPackConfig-${BUNDLE_NAME}-bundle.cmake contains? Or may be you had to work-around some generator's bug? The broader question; why didn't you use one of the MacOSX CPack generator: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake:CPackPackageGenerators#DragNDrop_.28OSX_only.29 http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake:CPackPackageGenerators#PackageMaker_.28OSX_only.29 http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake:CPackPackageGenerators#OSXX11_.28OSX_only.29 http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake:CPackPackageGenerators#Bundle_.28OSX_only.29 I'm not a MacOS user but I may have to use some soon enough so I'm curious. -- Erk Membre de l'April - « promouvoir et défendre le logiciel libre » - http://www.april.org -- 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
