[cmake-developers] [CMake 0015588]: New behavior of ExternalProject_Add command

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://www.cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=15588 
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Reported By:                Valerii Kanunik
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   15588
Category:                   CMake
Reproducibility:            have not tried
Severity:                   feature
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2015-05-27 09:19 EDT
Last Modified:              2015-05-27 09:19 EDT
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Summary:                    New behavior of ExternalProject_Add command
Description: 
ExternalProject_Add provides great functionality but IMO very uncomfortable. The
problem is that command perform all actions on build step and clean command
removes all results. 

Is it possible change command behavior (or provide new one for instance
add_subproject) which:
1) Preforms download and configure steps along with configure step of main
project
2) Does not add to clean target all unziped or downloaded files, but adds
additional command (for inctance make clean-all or dist-clean) which does that.
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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2015-05-27 09:19 Valerii KanunikNew Issue                                    
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