[CMake] Make program arguments
Bill Hoffman
bill.hoffman at kitware.com
Mon Aug 18 16:18:12 EDT 2008
Moreland, Kenneth wrote:
> Is there a way to add arguments to the invocation of make? In particular, I
> want to add the -j flag to do parallel compiles. I tried setting the
> CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM variable to "/usr/bin/make -j8", but I get the following
> error when I try to compile.
>
> CMake Error: Generator: execution of make failed. Make command was:
> /usr/bin/make\ -j8 "cmTryCompileExec/fast"
>
> I'm pretty sure this used to work, but it seems to have stopped working in
> Cmake 2.6.
>
I assume this is for ctest right? If the cache has:
MAKECOMMAND:FILEPATH=/usr/bin/make -j 5
Then -j is used.
-Bill
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