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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0001468CMakeCMakepublic2005-01-12 14:302010-12-14 13:08
ReporterGraham Clark 
Assigned ToBrad King 
PrioritylowSeverityfeatureReproducibilityalways
StatusclosedResolutionsuspended 
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Summary0001468: option to name generated Makefiles
DescriptionIt would be handy if cmake (or the Makefile generator) provided a way to name the Makefiles it generated. For example, Makefile.cmake instead of Makefile. From a thread on the cmake mailing list:

> I was wondering if cmake or the Makefile generator allows the user to
> choose the name of the Makefiles that are written out. For example,
> Makefile.cmake instead of Makefile? Hope I didn't miss this somewhere
> obvious - I didn't see it in the cmake book.

This is not currently possible, but it doesn't sound like a bad idea.
Please submit it as a feature request here:

http://www.cmake.org/Bug [^]

For now, if you do an out-of-source build then it won't matter what the
Makefile is called because it won't conflict with files in the source tree.

-Brad
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Ken Martin (developer)
2007-02-05 13:08

This can be done but adds a little extra complexity to the code. I'm not sure what the motivation for it is. Keep two build systems in the same binary tree? That sounds error prone. Have a top level Makefile that does something before invoking the CMake Makefile?
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Brad King (manager)
2010-12-14 13:08

Since we encourage out-of-source builds and we do not support generating redistributable build files I see no reason to do this.

 Issue History
Date Modified Username Field Change
2010-12-14 11:48 David Cole Assigned To Ken Martin => Brad King
2010-12-14 13:08 Brad King Note Added: 0023965
2010-12-14 13:08 Brad King Status assigned => closed
2010-12-14 13:08 Brad King Resolution open => suspended


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