[CMake] Global dependency

[Petr Kmoch]

Hi Jonas.

As a hacky solution, you could override add_library() and add_executable(),
like this:

function(add_library targetName)
  _add_library(${targetName} ${ARGN})
  add_dependencies(${targetName} BuildInfoDateTime)
endfunction()

Petr



On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 5:44 AM, Jonas Lippuner <jonas at lippuner.ca> wrote:

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> Hi all,
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> I have a custom target called BuildInfoDateTime that generates a *.cpp
> file containing the date and time of the build. I specified the target
> with ALL, so it gets run if I simply type make. However, I would also
> like all other targets (executables and libraries) to depend on
> BuildInfoDateTime. Of course, I can add the dependency manually, but
> that is tedious and could be forgotten when new targets are added.
>
> So, is there a way to make all targets depend on my custom target
> BuildInfoDateTime?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Jonas
>
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