[CMake] How to make a target depends from target 'all'

[Alexander Neundorf]

On Thursday 03 April 2008, you wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 10:21 PM, Alexander Neundorf
> <a.neundorf-work at gmx.net>
>
> wrote:
> > On Thursday 03 April 2008, Mehdi Rabah wrote:
> > ...
> >
> > > ok then I re-explain : I have a custom rule "sync" that send binaries
> > > to
> >
> > a
> >
> > > embedded computer. To make sure that the binaries that I send are the
> > > lastest version (ie the source have recompiled since my last
> >
> > modification)
> >
> > > I wanted to make my "sync" target depend on "all". ie when I type "make
> > > sync" the project is rebuild before the synchronisation is made. the
> >
> > same
> >
> > > result can be done by typing "make && make sync" but I want it to be
> > > managed by cmake because other people in the project doesn't need to
> >
> > know
> >
> > > that they need to rebuild the project before each sync. They just have
> >
> > to
> >
> > > know "make sync".
> >
> > Ah, ok.
> >
> > You can't do this with add_dependencies() or something similar.
> > Are you using exclusively "make" or also e.g. XCode or Visual Studio ?
> > (ok, you're cross compiling with makefiles, so XCode and VS don't
> > work...)
> >
> >
> > The following should work (not tested):
> >
> > add_custom_target(sync
> >         COMMAND ${CMAKE_BUILD_TOOLS} -C ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} all

Typo: it's "CMAKE_BUILD_TOOL"

Alex