[CMake] ExternalProject_Add : set the location of CMakeLists.txt

Benjamin Ballet bballet at ivsweb.com
Wed Oct 26 05:36:35 EDT 2016


It's not listed in changelog though :
https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.7/release/3.7.html

2016-10-26 11:34 GMT+02:00 Benjamin Ballet <bballet at ivsweb.com>:

> Ok I'm quiet lucky : There is what I need in CMake 3.7 (SOURCE_SUBDIR)
>
> 2016-10-25 19:54 GMT+02:00 Konstantin Podsvirov <konstantin at podsvirov.pro>
> :
>
>> Hello again.
>>
>> 25.10.2016, 20:31, "Konstantin Podsvirov" <konstantin at podsvirov.pro>:
>> > Hello, Benjamin.
>> >
>> > 25.10.2016, 19:41, "Benjamin Ballet via CMake" <cmake at cmake.org>:
>> >>  Hi,
>> >>
>> >>  I'm trying to get GLEW (https://github.com/nigels-com/glew) with
>> ExternalProject_Add
>> >>  It's buildable with cmake but the CMakeLists.txt is in build/cmake
>> directory.
>> >>
>> >>  Is there a way to specify the directory of the CMakeLists.txt file ?
>> >>
>> >>  If I change SOURCE_DIR it will only clone the repo in SOURCE_DIR and
>> still run the cmake command in repo root.
>> >>
>> >>  --
>> >>  Benjamin BALLET
>> >>  Ingénieur R&D
>> >>
>> >>  ACTIVISU
>> >>  19, rue Klock - 92110 Clichy
>> >>>  Standard Tél :  01 44 69 37 37
>> >>>  www.activisu.com
>> >>  ,--
>> >
>> > Try it:
>> >
>> > ExternalProject_Add(
>> >   ...
>> >   SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/source
>> >   ...
>> >   CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} [additional args...]
>> ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/source/build/cmake
>> >   ...)
>>
>>
>> Or try it:
>>
>> ExternalProject_Add(
>>   ...
>>   SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/source
>>   ...
>>   CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} [additional args...]
>>    -DCMAKE_GENERATOR=${CMAKE_GENERATOR}
>>    -DCMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM=${CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM}
>>    -DCMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET=${CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET}
>>     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/source/build/cmake
>>   ...)
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Konstantin Podsvirov
>>
>
>
>
> --
> *Benjamin BALLET*
> Ingénieur R&D
>
> *ACTIVISU*
> 19, rue Klock - 92110 Clichy
> *> Standard Tél* :  01 44 69 37 37
> *>* www.activisu.com
>



-- 
*Benjamin BALLET*
Ingénieur R&D

*ACTIVISU*
19, rue Klock - 92110 Clichy
*> Standard Tél* :  01 44 69 37 37
*>* www.activisu.com
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