[cmake-developers] Forcing tests to build with dependencies

[Brad King]

On 09/07/2012 01:43 PM, Robert Dailey wrote:
> This is actually a really great idea, but kind of complex (which is
> OK, since I already have code to recursively determine target
> dependencies). My only concern is that these custom targets will
> appear in the solution, when they are really just a stop-gap. I
> wouldn't want them to be visible. Any way to hide those custom targets
> from appearing in the solution and make sure they are excluded from
> the build?

You can group them in the IDE project files:

 http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/v2.8.9/cmake.html#prop_tgt:FOLDER

> If not, I can use a global property to store each target's
> tests, and then only make executable targets depend on those tests.

Why bother with a global property?  Just add a property to each
target to record its own test targets.  That information is
accessible from other directories.

-Brad