[CMake] multiple cmake files in one directory

Alexander Neundorf a.neundorf-work at gmx.net
Tue Sep 22 13:59:29 EDT 2009


On Tuesday 22 September 2009, Tyler Roscoe wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 05:55:49PM +0200, th.tom at gmx.de wrote:
> > I have seen a thread about this issue but there was not a real
> > solution, so I try to ask that again: Is there a way to define a
> > specific CMakeLists.txt-file with a cmake call.
>
> Maybe you should post a link to the thread so we know what you're
> talking about?
>
> > I have two projects, which have the same root directory (what is really
> > nasty but I can't change it actually):
> >
> > -data
> >   - subdir1
> >   - subdir2
> >   - subdir3
> >
> > These two projects need some subdirectories, so the cmake files would
> > look like this:
> >
> > CMakeLists-1.txt: (Project 1)
> > [..]
> > SUBDIRS(
> >    subdir1
> >    subdir3
> > )
> > [..]
> >
> > and
> >
> > CMakeLists-2.txt: (Project 2)
> > [..]
> > SUBDIRS(
> >    subdir2
> > )
> > [..]
> >
> > I want to build project 1 completly independent from project 2.
>
> subdirs() is deprecated. Use add_subdirectory().
>
> You can explicitly tell CMake the name of your list file with something
> like cd build && cmake ../MyCMakeLists.myext.

I don't think that works.

> You could let the CMakeLists in the data directory take care of subdir1
> and subdir3 and move the CMakeLists for subdir2 into subdir2.

yes, or add subdirs 
project1-cmake/ and project2-cmake/ and add the CMakeLists.txt for the 
projects there ?

Alex


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