-----Original Message----- From: Alan W. Irwin [mailto:ir...@beluga.phys.uvic.ca] Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 2:48 PM To: Scott Aron Bloom Cc: cmake@cmake.org Subject: Re: [CMake] Two phase install?
On 2016-03-23 20:25-0000 Scott Aron Bloom wrote: > Here is my problem. > > The project I have creates an application, that is needed to build the rest > of the project. > > To imagine it, imagine the application is a custom yacc/lex based parser that > reads in a file and generates an output file. > > In order for the application to run correctly, it needs an install step. > However, the results of the application, are part of the final install. > > Is there anyway to say "build this, and create its install area" and > afterwards run the rest of the requirements for install? Yes. I suggest you build and install your application and the rest of your project as two separate CMake projects with a common install-tree prefix. Of course, you could stop there with two completely independent projects that you (and your users) learn to build and install in the correct order. However, CMake allows you to organize such multiple builds and installs with ExternalProject_Add. I like and use that a lot for large numbers of different projects that depend on each other, and you might also find it useful for your case of just two independent projects. Alan ============ Thanks, the ExternalProject_Add is exactly what I needed a hint towards!!! -- 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: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake
