[CMake] passing arguments to the final make
Michael Hertling
mhertling at online.de
Wed Feb 22 12:25:18 EST 2012
On 02/22/2012 04:43 PM, Andrea Crotti wrote:
> I would like to be able to pass arguments to my generated Makefile.
>
> Suppose I use an environment variable like this:
>
> add_custom_target(run_dev_script
> COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${PREREQUISITE}
> COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${SCRIPT}
> )
>
> Would that actually work?
> In theory ${SCRIPT} is substituted at cmake time, so I have the
> impression that it wouldn't work..
> I don't find anything useful in cmake -E however, that would allow me to
> do something at make time.
> Any suggestions?
CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.8 FATAL_ERROR)
PROJECT(P NONE)
ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(echo ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo \${ECHO})
After initial configuration:
% make echo ECHO="Hello World"
Scanning dependencies of target echo
Hello World
Built target echo
% make echo ECHO="Goodbye World"
Goodbye World
Built target echo
% make echo ECHO="Regards, Michael"
Regards, Michael
Built target echo
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